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Ala Moana

Lima, Lima - Barranco · Intermediate Good
1.4m
6/10
12s 8 km/h
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Ala Moana - surf spot in Lima
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About Ala Moana

Ala Moana is a reef break on the Costa Verde, located between Barranco and Chorrillos, in Lima. Its main wave is a left that breaks over a rocky bottom and stands out for its consistency: it works much of the year and becomes especially clean with south to south-southwest groundswell and offshore east wind, which grooms and shapes the wall. It can work on different tides, which makes it a flexible option within the capital's urban wave circuit. Since it breaks over rock, it is wise to be careful with the bottom, and because of its central location it sometimes gets crowded. It is a wave recommended for intermediate level, ideal for those who want frequent sessions without leaving the city. With the Costa Verde cliffs as a backdrop, Ala Moana is a classic, accessible spot of Lima surfing, with quality waves just minutes from the heart of the city.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
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Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
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Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-12.1516°, -77.0283° Lima
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Ala Moana — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:01

Good
6/10

Waves

1.4m

11.4s period

Primary Swell

0.9m

12.4s SW

Wind

8 km/h

Gusts 24 km/h ENE

Secondary Swell

0.7m

10.1s SSW

Temp.

20.7°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

1.7

Low

Visibility

0.4 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:01
↓ 18:03
🌙
↑ 09:46
↓ 22:59
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Rising

High Tide 07:30 - 0.76m

Best Time to Surf Today

07:00 - 10:00

🌊 1.4m 💨 7 km/h
Good 6/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:50

0.58m

High Tide

07:30

0.76m

Low Tide

14:10

0.41m

High Tide

21:15

0.85m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.2m-1.4m

12s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.1m-1.2m

11s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌗

Fri

1.2m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌗

Sat

1.2m-1.4m

7s

SSW S S
8 km/h
🌗

Sun

1.2m-1.3m

9s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.3m-1.4m

5s

SSW S S
8 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.4m-1.4m

5s

S S S
8 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.1m-1.4m

5s

S S S
8 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.0m-1.1m

7s

S S S
10 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.0m-0.0m

11 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

8 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:50 (0.58m) 07:30 (0.76m) 14:10 (0.41m) 21:15 (0.85m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

228° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 10s
⚡ 139 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

228° SW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

220° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.58m) 08:00 (0.65m) 14:45 (0.41m) 22:50 (0.81m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

222° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 72 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

223° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 72 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

224° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

221° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 06:30 (0.59m) 08:30 (0.60m) 15:30 (0.44m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

227° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

226° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

227° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (0.83m) 10:00 (0.57m) 11:00 (0.58m) 17:00 (0.49m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

181° S
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 30 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

222° SW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 67 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

221° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.4m

180° S
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 41 kJ
Tides: 01:45 (0.90m) 09:00 (0.58m) 13:30 (0.62m) 18:30 (0.51m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

219° SW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

218° SW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

217° SW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

219° SW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 67 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (0.97m) 09:30 (0.57m) 14:30 (0.66m) 19:45 (0.48m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

181° S
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

183° S
Period: 5s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

187° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

186° S
Period: 6s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 03:04 (1.03m) 10:00 (0.53m) 15:00 (0.71m) 20:40 (0.45m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

183° S
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

181° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

185° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.4m

183° S
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

184° S
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

182° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

183° S
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

183° S
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

185° S
Period: 5s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 12 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

206° SSW
Period: 8s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

241° WSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

183° S
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 16 Sep 07:00 1.4m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 8 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 0.2 0.2 km 0.75m
6
Wed 16 Sep 08:00 1.4m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 8 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 1.7 0.4 km 0.75m
6
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 1.4m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 5 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 3.9 10+ km 0.72m
6
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 1.4m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 6.0 1.0 km 0.66m
6
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 1.3m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 9 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 7.9 1.1 km 0.59m
6
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 1.3m 11s 0.9m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.6m / 10s SSW - 0.32 m/s 9.2 5.0 km 0.50m
4

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Surf information for Ala Moana

Ala Moana is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y roca.

Today's conditions at Ala Moana

Right now, Ala Moana has waves of about 1.4m with a swell period of 12 seconds and ENE (8 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Ala Moana you can practice surf. The area offers parking. You can get there by car or transporte público.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Ala Moana is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Ala Moana

Is the wave at Ala Moana a left or a right?
The wave at Ala Moana breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Ala Moana?
Ala Moana is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
Where is Ala Moana located?
Ala Moana is located in Barranco, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Ala Moana?
You can reach Ala Moana by car or transporte público.
What is the water temperature at Ala Moana?
The water is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

estacionamiento

Access

Auto Transporte público

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Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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