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Lobitos

Piura, Talara - Lobitos · Intermediate Fair
1.3m
4/10
12s 17 km/h
Lobitos - surf spot in Piura

About Lobitos

Former oil town turned surf mecca. Several quality waves in the area, with perfect lefts and relaxed atmosphere.

Characteristics

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

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-4.4515°, -81.2870° Piura

Lobitos — Piura

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:00

Fair
4/10

Waves

1.3m

10.6s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

11.6s SSW

Wind

17 km/h

Gusts 26 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.7m

12.0s SW

Temp.

23.3°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:33
18:26
🌙
00:37
12:52
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:36 - 0.38m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:35

0.32m

High Tide

09:02

1.35m

Low Tide

15:36

0.26m

High Tide

21:48

1.12m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.3m

11s

SSW SSW
17 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.3m-1.3m

13s

SSW SSW SSW
20 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

13s

SSW SSW SSW
19 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.3m-1.4m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
19 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.1m-1.3m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
18 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.1m-1.1m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
17 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.1m-1.2m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
20 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.2m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
22 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.2m-1.3m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
21 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.3m-1.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
23 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

22 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:35 (0.32m) 09:02 (1.35m) 15:36 (0.26m) 21:48 (1.12m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 03:36 (0.38m) 10:00 (1.32m) 16:41 (0.20m) 23:03 (1.14m)
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

211° SSW
Period: 13s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 140 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

207° SSW
Period: 13s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 140 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

208° SSW
Period: 13s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 140 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 13s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 140 kJ
Tides: 04:57 (0.39m) 11:02 (1.27m) 17:50 (0.07m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 13s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 140 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 139 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.5m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 139 kJ
At night Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 163 kJ
Tides: 00:19 (1.17m) 06:10 (0.33m) 12:10 (1.27m) 18:51 (-0.03m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 116 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 116 kJ
Tides: 01:25 (1.29m) 07:21 (0.26m) 13:15 (1.33m) 19:49 (-0.14m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

209° SSW
Period: 9s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

208° SSW
Period: 8s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 02:19 (1.42m) 08:23 (0.17m) 14:13 (1.38m) 20:43 (-0.24m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

205° SSW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 48 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

203° SSW
Period: 10s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

202° SSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 03:17 (1.53m) 09:19 (0.11m) 15:11 (1.45m) 21:33 (-0.27m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

200° SSW
Period: 8s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

199° SSW
Period: 9s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 48 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 13s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

201° SSW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 72 kJ
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

212° SSW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

218° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

213° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

205° SSW
Period: 12s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

205° SSW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 83 kJ
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

206° SSW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 10s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

206° SSW
Period: 9s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 83 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
21 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
29 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
26 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
18 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 08 Jul 22:00 1.3m 10s 0.7m / 11s SSW 17 km/h 0.7m / 13s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.12m
4
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.3m 11s 0.7m / 12s SSW 17 km/h 0.7m / 12s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.05m
4
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.3m 11s 0.7m / 13s SSW 18 km/h 0.7m / 11s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.90m
4
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.3m 11s 0.7m / 14s SSW 15 km/h 0.7m / 10s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.70m
3
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.3m 11s 0.7m / 14s SSW 15 km/h 0.6m / 9s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.52m
3
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.3m 11s 0.8m / 14s SSW 17 km/h 0.6m / 9s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.40m
3

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Surf information for Lobitos

Lobitos is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Talara, Piura, Perú. The bottom surface is roca y arena. The best season to surf is Year round.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard

Services

hospedaje restaurantes

Access

auto transporte_publico

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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