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Punta Bombón

Arequipa, Islay - Punta de Bombón · Intermediate Good
1.6m
6/10
12s 7 km/h
Punta Bombón - surf spot in Arequipa

About Punta Bombón

Punta Bombón is considered by many the best wave on Peru's southern coast, a long, high-quality left that breaks over a sand and stone bottom in the Arequipa region. Its long ride and well-shaped walls make it a reward for the surfer who ventures out to this remote corner, almost always with very few people in the water. The landscape is pure desert meeting the sea, without buildings or crowds, which gives it a wild, authentic character. The best season runs from April to September, when south swells arrive with more power and consistency. It is a wave recommended for intermediate surfers and above, looking for quality, solitude and long rides away from the usual circuit. For anyone traveling the south of the country, Punta Bombón is a must-stop and one of its hidden gems.

Characteristics

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

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-17.2022°, -71.7335° Arequipa

Punta Bombón — Arequipa

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:02

Good
6/10

Waves

1.6m

11.9s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

11.9s SW

Wind

7 km/h

Gusts 12 km/h SE

Secondary Swell

0.9m

6.4s SSW

Temp.

21.8°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:15
↓ 17:48
🌙
↑ 12:11
↓ 00:43
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 02:06 - 0.95m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.6m 💨 7 km/h
Good 7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

02:06

0.95m

Low Tide

09:45

0.39m

High Tide

15:10

0.60m

Low Tide

20:00

0.45m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.6m-2.2m

12s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.0m-2.2m

11s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.6m-2.0m

10s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌖

Sat

1.5m-1.6m

9s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.5m-1.7m

6s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.5m-1.7m

8s

SSW SSW SSW
6 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.4m-1.5m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

9 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:06 (0.95m) 09:45 (0.39m) 15:10 (0.60m) 20:00 (0.45m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

229° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

228° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.6m - 1.7m

228° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 181 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 1.7m

228° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 03:00 (0.94m) 10:18 (0.32m) 16:06 (0.64m) 21:15 (0.44m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

228° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 16s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

228° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 15s
⚡ 126 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

219° SW
Period: 14s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 9s
⚡ 246 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

218° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 03:47 (0.96m) 10:50 (0.28m) 16:42 (0.72m) 22:10 (0.41m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.8m

221° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

222° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 255 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.1m - 2.1m

222° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 262 kJ
At night Epic

1.9m - 2.2m

220° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 3s
⚡ 255 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (0.98m) 11:15 (0.25m) 17:15 (0.84m) 23:00 (0.41m)
Morning Good

2.2m - 2.2m

224° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 3s
⚡ 288 kJ
Midday Fair

2.1m - 2.2m

221° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 3s
⚡ 262 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.1m - 2.1m

221° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 3s
⚡ 262 kJ
At night Good

2.1m - 2.2m

224° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 2s
⚡ 262 kJ
Tides: 05:03 (1.02m) 11:38 (0.25m) 17:54 (0.98m) 23:50 (0.40m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.9m

218° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.8m

216° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
⚡ 142 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

215° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
⚡ 142 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 2.0m

219° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 159 kJ
Tides: 05:48 (1.03m) 12:06 (0.25m) 18:25 (1.10m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

209° SSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 12s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
⚡ 89 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

206° SSW
Period: 8s
14 km/h
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.6m

205° SSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 89 kJ
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

198° SSW
Period: 6s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

197° SSW
Period: 6s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 51 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

196° SSW
Period: 6s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 51 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

195° SSW
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 62 kJ
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

209° SSW
Period: 8s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 80 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

196° SSW
Period: 6s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 54 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 1.7m

200° SSW
Period: 8s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 80 kJ
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

199° SSW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

199° SSW
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 14s
⚡ 54 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

200° SSW
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 13s
⚡ 54 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

200° SSW
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 54 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 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
Mon 19 Oct 01:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 7 km/h 1.0m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.92m
6
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.9m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.95m
6
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 8 km/h 0.9m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.93m
7
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 6 km/h 0.9m / 7s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.86m
7
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 5 km/h 0.9m / 7s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.76m
8
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.9m / 7s SSW - 0.28 m/s 0.2 10+ km 0.65m
7

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Surf information for Punta Bombón

Punta Bombón is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Islay, Arequipa, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y piedra. The best season to surf is April - September.

Today's conditions at Punta Bombón

Right now, Punta Bombón has waves of about 1.6m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SE (7 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Punta Bombón you can practice surf and bodyboard. The area offers parking. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Punta Bombón is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Punta Bombón

Is the wave at Punta Bombón a left or a right?
The wave at Punta Bombón breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Punta Bombón?
Punta Bombón is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Punta Bombón?
The best season to surf at Punta Bombón is April - September.
Where is Punta Bombón located?
Punta Bombón is located in Punta de Bombón, Islay, Arequipa, Peru.
How do you get to Punta Bombón?
You can reach Punta Bombón by car.
What is the water temperature at Punta Bombón?
The water is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

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
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