WaveSearch

Kon Tiki

Lima, Lima - Punta Hermosa · Advanced Good
1.3m
6/10
12s 4 km/h
Kon Tiki - surf spot in Lima

About Kon Tiki

Kon Tiki is one of the heaviest and most powerful waves in Punta Hermosa, south of Lima, respected for its strength and consistency. It breaks over reef and grows enormously when the big south swells arrive, forming tubular sections and very powerful walls that demand commitment and experience. It is not a wave for beginners: its size, rocky bottom and energy reserve it for advanced surfers who know how to handle big waves. The best season runs from April to September, in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter, when the strongest swells arrive. As part of the Punta Hermosa area, it shares the zone with legendary spots such as Pico Alto, Caballeros and La Isla, which lets you choose each day the wave that best matches the size and conditions. For those seeking adrenaline and powerful waves near Lima, Kon Tiki is one of the essential stops on the southern coast.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
· 📅 April - September ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

Sports, Services & Access

Missing info? Log in to help
-12.3413°, -76.8321° Lima

Kon Tiki — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:00

Good
6/10

Waves

1.3m

11.7s period

Primary Swell

0.9m

12.0s SW

Wind

4 km/h

Gusts 16 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.6m

7.7s S

Temp.

20.5°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

0.58m

High Tide

07:50

0.75m

Low Tide

14:15

0.42m

High Tide

21:18

0.85m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.1m-1.3m

12s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.0m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Fri

1.1m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Sat

1.1m-1.3m

9s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Sun

1.1m-1.2m

9s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.2m-1.2m

5s

SSW S S
7 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.2m-1.3m

5s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.0m-1.3m

6s

S S S
6 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.9m-1.0m

8s

SW SW SW
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 (0.58m) 07:50 (0.75m) 14:15 (0.42m) 21:18 (0.85m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.3m

224° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

224° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

223° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

224° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 72 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.57m) 08:30 (0.63m) 14:50 (0.40m) 22:50 (0.80m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

226° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

227° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

224° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 72 kJ
Tides: 06:30 (0.57m) 08:30 (0.58m) 15:30 (0.43m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

229° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

229° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

228° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.3m

228° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (0.82m) 09:00 (0.55m) 10:30 (0.56m) 17:30 (0.48m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

223° SW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

224° SW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

222° SW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 01:54 (0.89m) 09:10 (0.56m) 13:30 (0.61m) 18:30 (0.50m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

221° SW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 48 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

221° SW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

220° SW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 38 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (0.97m) 09:45 (0.55m) 14:30 (0.65m) 19:50 (0.48m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

190° S
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

191° S
Period: 5s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

192° SSW
Period: 5s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.2m

190° S
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 03:10 (1.02m) 10:06 (0.52m) 15:00 (0.71m) 20:42 (0.45m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

192° SSW
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

192° SSW
Period: 5s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

193° SSW
Period: 5s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

193° SSW
Period: 5s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

190° S
Period: 5s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

215° SW
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

215° SW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.3m

191° S
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

239° WSW
Period: 8s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 25 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

240° WSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 49 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

191° S
Period: 6s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

235° SW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 31 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 0.9m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - - 1.6 0.9 km 0.75m
6
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 1.3m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - - 3.5 0.5 km 0.73m
6
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 1.2m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 8 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - - 6.1 0.5 km 0.68m
5
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 1.2m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - - 7.8 1.5 km 0.60m
3
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 1.2m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 13 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - 0.25 m/s 8.7 9.8 km 0.52m
3
Wed 16 Sep 13:00 1.2m 12s 0.9m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.6m / 8s S - - 9.0 10+ km 0.45m
3

Get more benefits

Create your free account to set up email alerts when conditions are ideal, save your favorite spots and more.

Email alerts Favorite spots Personalized dashboard
Create free account

100% free — no credit card, no hidden fees.

Photos of Kon Tiki

No photos of this beach yet.

Log in to upload the first photo.

Surf information for Kon Tiki

Kon Tiki is a Advanced level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is April - September.

Today's conditions at Kon Tiki

Right now, Kon Tiki 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 Kon Tiki you can practice surf. The area offers parking. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

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

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Kon Tiki

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

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

estacionamiento

Access

auto

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)
View full methodology
We use essential cookies for site functionality (session, preferences, and security). We do not use tracking or advertising cookies. Learn more