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Level 3/10

Playa Norte

San Bartolo, Lima, Peru

👥Crowded🌀Strong rips

Playa Norte is San Bartolo's main beach break, offering consistent waves in a popular Lima beach resort setting. Good for intermediate surfers looking for uncomplicated waves.

3-Day Forecast

Today

Good

2.0mSSW

@15s

8km/h

2.0m

@15s

8km/h

Tue

Good

1.5mSSW

@14s

8km/h

1.5m

@14s

8km/h

Wed

Firing

1.6mSSW

@14s

8km/h

1.6m

@14s

8km/h

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Today's Conditions

Swell

2.0m

SSW(208°)

Score: 18/25

Period

15s

Long period groundswell

Score: 25/25

Wind

8km/h

SSW(204°)

Score: 14/25

Weather

24°C

0.0mm82%

Secondary Swell

0.1mS

Forecast Confidence

100%

Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather

Best Session

morning

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

4:00 am

High tide - 0.20m

9:30 am

Low tide - -0.14m

4:30 pm

High tide - 0.59m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Good

Components

Swell Direction16/25

Swell Size18/25

Swell Period25/25

Wind14/25

Raw Score73/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score73

Location & Conditions

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Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction: SSW (195°)
Direction range: 175° - 220°
Size range: 0.6m - 2m
Ideal size: 1.6m
Height multiplier: 0.97×
Ideal period: 14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction: E (90°)
Offshore range: 50° - 130°
Best window: morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide: all
Optimal range: 0.3m - 1.5m

Water temp

17°C

Wetsuit

3/2mm fullsuit

Difficulty

3/10

Crowd level

6/10

Access: Main beach at San Bartolo.

Best Season

Peak: Mar-Oct

Secondary: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb

Year-round. Summer beach resort crowd.

Getting There

Airport

LIM

Drive time

50 min

Data quality

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