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El Silencio

Lima, Lima - Punta Hermosa · Beginner Good
1.3m
6/10
12s 4 km/h
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El Silencio - surf spot in Lima
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About El Silencio

El Silencio is a sandy beach located south of Lima, in the Punta Hermosa area, ideal for learning to surf. Its gentle, steady waves, breaking over a sand bottom, make it one of the best places on the southern coast to take your first steps in surfing and progress safely. It is one of the most popular beaches in the area, with a family atmosphere and good infrastructure of restaurants, umbrellas and services that make it comfortable for spending the whole day. Its friendly character attracts both beginners and families looking for a calm sea. The best season comes with south swells, though being such a forgiving wave it can be surfed much of the year. For those just starting out or wanting to enjoy a relaxed beach day near Lima, El Silencio is a safe, pleasant stop within the rich circuit of spots south of the capital.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
· 📅 Year round ·
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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-12.3138°, -76.8391° Lima
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El Silencio — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:00

Good
6/10

Waves

1.3m

11.6s period

Primary Swell

0.9m

12.1s SW

Wind

4 km/h

Gusts 16 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.7m

8.6s SSW

Temp.

20.3°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

3.5

Moderate

Visibility

0.5 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:01
↓ 18:03
🌙
↑ 09:45
↓ 22:59
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 14:15 - 0.42m

Best Time to Surf Today

08:00 - 11:00

🌊 1.3m 💨 5 km/h
Good 5.7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:00

0.59m

High Tide

07:54

0.76m

Low Tide

14:15

0.42m

High Tide

21:30

0.85m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.2m-1.3m

12s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.1m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Fri

1.2m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Sat

1.2m-1.4m

8s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Sun

1.2m-1.2m

9s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.2m-1.3m

5s

SW SW SSW
7 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.3m-1.4m

5s

S S S
6 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.1m-1.4m

5s

S S S
6 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.0m-1.1m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

5 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:00 (0.59m) 07:54 (0.76m) 14:15 (0.42m) 21:30 (0.85m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

225° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

225° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.2m

221° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.58m) 08:00 (0.64m) 14:50 (0.41m) 22:30 (0.80m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

222° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 72 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

224° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 72 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

224° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

221° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 72 kJ
Tides: 06:30 (0.58m) 08:50 (0.59m) 15:30 (0.44m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

227° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

227° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

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

1.2m - 1.3m

225° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 00:45 (0.83m) 08:30 (0.56m) 11:00 (0.57m) 17:00 (0.48m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

206° SSW
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 41 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

217° SW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

221° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

220° SW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 67 kJ
Tides: 01:50 (0.89m) 09:00 (0.57m) 13:30 (0.61m) 18:50 (0.50m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

219° SW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (0.97m) 09:30 (0.55m) 14:30 (0.66m) 19:45 (0.48m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

187° S
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

190° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

190° S
Period: 5s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

190° S
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 30 kJ
Tides: 03:10 (1.03m) 10:06 (0.53m) 15:00 (0.71m) 20:40 (0.45m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

189° S
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

189° S
Period: 5s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

188° S
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.4m

188° S
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

188° S
Period: 5s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

187° S
Period: 5s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

187° S
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.4m

202° SSW
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 25 kJ
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

188° S
Period: 6s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 49 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

192° SSW
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.0m

187° S
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 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 08:00 1.3m 12s 1.0m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 1.6 0.9 km 0.76m
6
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 3.5 0.5 km 0.73m
6
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 8 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 6.1 0.5 km 0.68m
5
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 7.8 1.5 km 0.60m
3
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 13 km/h 0.6m / 9s SSW - 0.25 m/s 8.7 9.8 km 0.52m
3
Wed 16 Sep 13:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.6m / 9s SSW - - 9.0 10+ km 0.45m
3

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Surf information for El Silencio

El Silencio is a Beginner level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is Year round.

Today's conditions at El Silencio

Right now, El Silencio has waves of about 1.3m with a swell period of 12 seconds and S (4 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At El Silencio you can practice surf, bodyboard, longboard and stand up paddle. The area offers parking, showers, restrooms, restaurants, lifeguards and mall. You can get there by car or public transport.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at El Silencio is around 21 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at El Silencio

Is the wave at El Silencio a left or a right?
El Silencio offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at El Silencio?
El Silencio is a spot recommended for beginner surfers.
What is the best season to surf at El Silencio?
The best season to surf at El Silencio is Year round.
Where is El Silencio located?
El Silencio is located in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to El Silencio?
You can reach El Silencio by car or public transport.
What is the water temperature at El Silencio?
The water is around 21 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard stand_up_paddle

Services

estacionamiento duchas banos restaurantes salvavidas mall

Access

auto transporte_publico

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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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