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Pico Alto

Lima, Lima - Punta Hermosa · Expert Good
1.6m
7/10
12s 3 km/h
Pico Alto - surf spot in Lima

About Pico Alto

South America's most famous big wave. Breaks 700m offshore over flat rock and sand bottom. Can reach up to 15 meters. Fast, hollow and powerful, favoring the right. Only for expert surfers with big wave experience.

Characteristics

Level
Extreme conditions. Only for very experienced surfers.
· 📅 March - August ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-12.3351°, -76.8345° Lima

Pico Alto — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:00

Good
7/10

Waves

1.6m

10.8s period

Primary Swell

1.2m

11.8s SSW

Wind

3 km/h

Gusts 13 km/h E

Secondary Swell

1.1m

5.8s S

Temp.

21.9°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

0.2 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:29
17:55
🌙
00:26
12:25
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 01:00 - 0.82m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

04:45

0.56m

High Tide

10:50

0.84m

Low Tide

18:00

0.33m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.6m-1.6m

12s

SSW SSW
4 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
5 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.7m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.7m-1.7m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.5m-1.7m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.4m-1.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
5 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SW SSW SW
6 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

9 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 04:45 (0.56m) 10:50 (0.84m) 18:00 (0.33m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Good

1.6m - 1.6m

210° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 01:00 (0.82m) 06:15 (0.62m) 11:45 (0.82m) 18:42 (0.33m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

205° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.7m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 212 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 240 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 8s
⚡ 142 kJ
Tides: 02:15 (0.95m) 08:15 (0.63m) 12:45 (0.79m) 19:30 (0.29m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 03:06 (1.06m) 09:30 (0.59m) 13:54 (0.79m) 20:30 (0.27m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 172 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

206° SSW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 03:57 (1.19m) 10:30 (0.55m) 15:00 (0.78m) 21:15 (0.22m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

203° SSW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

202° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 152 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.6m

201° SSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 152 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 1.7m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 126 kJ
Tides: 04:38 (1.25m) 11:22 (0.48m) 16:00 (0.75m) 22:10 (0.17m)
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 9s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 89 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 116 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 9s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 89 kJ
Tides: 05:36 (1.27m) 12:15 (0.44m) 17:04 (0.76m)
Morning Epic

1.4m - 1.4m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

218° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 159 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

222° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 159 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

218° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

222° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.4m - 1.4m

222° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

217° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 134 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

215° SW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Epic

1.4m - 1.4m

209° SSW
Period: 9s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
4 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
15 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 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 1.6m 11s 1.2m / 12s SSW 5 km/h 1.0m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.64m
7
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.6m 11s 1.2m / 12s SSW 3 km/h 1.1m / 6s S - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.74m
7
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.6m 11s 1.2m / 11s SSW 4 km/h 1.1m / 7s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.80m
7
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 10s SSW 6 km/h 1.2m / 8s S - - 0.0 0.5 km -
6
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 9s SSW 4 km/h 1.1m / 9s SSW - - 0.0 0.5 km 0.80m
7
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 7s SSW 2 km/h 1.1m / 11s SSW - - 0.0 0.5 km 0.76m
8

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Surf information for Pico Alto

Pico Alto is a Expert level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is roca y arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is March - August.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

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Services

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Access

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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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