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Pampilla

Lima, Lima - Miraflores · Intermediate Fair
1.7m
5/10
10s 15 km/h
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Pampilla - surf spot in Lima
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About Pampilla

La Pampilla is a point break on the Costa Verde, in the heart of Lima, with access from the Bajada de San Isidro. It is one of the city's most consistent urban waves: it breaks over reef with predominant rights and a good ride, and works regularly thanks to south swells. The best season runs from April to October, though being such an accessible wave it is surfed almost all year. A distinctive feature is its night lighting, which allows surfing after dark, something unusual and much appreciated by those who work during the day and look for waves in the evening. Because of its central location, La Pampilla often gathers many surfers, so it is important to respect priority in the water. It is an excellent option for intermediate surfers who want frequent sessions without leaving the city, with the backdrop of the cliffs and the Lima promenade.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 April - October ·
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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-12.1247°, -77.0416° Lima
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Pampilla — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 10/10/2026 15:14

Fair
5/10

Waves

1.7m

11.4s period

Primary Swell

1.4m

9.6s SSW

Wind

15 km/h

Gusts 37 km/h SSE

Secondary Swell

1.3m

10.9s SSW

Temp.

24.0°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.5

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Coastal fog possible

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:46
↓ 18:04
🌙
↑ 05:31
↓ 18:12
🌑 New Moon

Spring tides

Current

0.02 m/s

ENE

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 23:30 - 0.55m

Today's Tides

High Tide

04:43

1.17m

Low Tide

10:57

0.42m

High Tide

17:23

1.23m

Low Tide

23:30

0.55m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.7m-1.7m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌑

Tomorrow

1.7m-1.8m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌑

Mon

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌘

Wed

1.5m-1.7m

11s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌘

Thu

1.7m-1.8m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
15 km/h
🌘

Fri

1.7m-2.1m

12s

SW S SSW
14 km/h
🌘

Sat

2.0m-2.2m

13s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌗

Sun

1.7m-2.1m

11s

SW S S
13 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Tue

1.7m-1.7m

11s

SW
13 km/h
🌗

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 04:43 (1.17m) 10:57 (0.42m) 17:23 (1.23m) 23:30 (0.55m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 14s
⚡ 142 kJ
At night Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 16s
⚡ 115 kJ
Tides: 05:21 (1.12m) 11:30 (0.43m) 18:03 (1.22m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

204° SSW
Period: 8s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 13s
⚡ 91 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

203° SSW
Period: 8s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 12s
⚡ 91 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.8m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 9s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

223° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 00:13 (0.55m) 05:40 (0.99m) 11:56 (0.39m) 18:39 (1.14m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 13s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 240 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

206° SSW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 12s
⚡ 172 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

223° SW
Period: 13s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 240 kJ
Tides: 01:00 (0.54m) 06:18 (0.88m) 12:20 (0.40m) 19:13 (1.11m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

217° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 7s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.7m

217° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 17s
⚡ 152 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 01:45 (0.60m) 06:42 (0.82m) 12:42 (0.44m) 19:56 (1.07m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 20s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.6m

215° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 19s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

214° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 18s
⚡ 152 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 02:50 (0.63m) 07:10 (0.75m) 13:18 (0.45m) 20:45 (0.99m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 16s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 13s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 17s
⚡ 240 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 172 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 04:00 (0.64m) 07:45 (0.70m) 13:45 (0.49m) 21:30 (0.98m)
Morning Good

1.9m - 2.0m

187° S
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 14s
⚡ 144 kJ
Midday Good

2.0m - 2.0m

222° SW
Period: 13s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 8s
⚡ 332 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.0m - 2.1m

222° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 6s
⚡ 283 kJ
At night Epic

1.9m - 2.1m

222° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 255 kJ
Morning Epic

2.1m - 2.1m

222° SW
Period: 13s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 6s
⚡ 366 kJ
Midday Good

2.1m - 2.1m

221° SW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 6s
⚡ 366 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.1m - 2.1m

221° SW
Period: 13s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 366 kJ
At night Epic

2.1m - 2.2m

222° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 7s
⚡ 366 kJ
Morning Good

1.9m - 2.0m

223° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 7s
⚡ 177 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.9m

223° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

223° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Good

1.9m - 2.1m

187° S
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 214 kJ
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

226° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

226° SW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 10s
⚡ 204 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
15 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
At night Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

221° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
⚡ 172 kJ

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
Sat 10 Oct 17:00 1.7m 11s 1.4m / 10s SSW 14 km/h 0.5m / 18s SW - - 2.1 10+ km 1.22m
5
Sat 10 Oct 18:00 1.7m 11s 1.4m / 10s SSW 15 km/h 1.3m / 11s SSW - 0.02 m/s 0.5 10+ km 1.21m
5
Sat 10 Oct 19:00 1.7m 11s 1.4m / 9s SSW 13 km/h 0.6m / 18s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.12m
5
Sat 10 Oct 20:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 9s SSW 12 km/h 0.6m / 18s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.96m
5
Sat 10 Oct 21:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 9s SSW 11 km/h 1.3m / 10s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
5
Sat 10 Oct 22:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 9s SSW 12 km/h 0.6m / 17s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.64m
5

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Surf information for Pampilla

Pampilla is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is April - October.

Today's conditions at Pampilla

Right now, Pampilla has waves of about 1.7m with a swell period of 10 seconds and SSE (15 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Pampilla you can practice surf and bodyboard. The area offers parking and restaurants. You can get there by car or public transport.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Pampilla is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Pampilla

Is the wave at Pampilla a left or a right?
The wave at Pampilla breaks mainly to the right.
What level do you need to surf at Pampilla?
Pampilla is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Pampilla?
The best season to surf at Pampilla is April - October.
Where is Pampilla located?
Pampilla is located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Pampilla?
You can reach Pampilla by car or public transport.
What is the water temperature at Pampilla?
The water is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

Services

estacionamiento restaurantes

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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