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Level 7/10

Lobitos - El Hueco

Lobitos, Piura, Peru
🪸Sharp reef⚠️Shallow🦔Urchins

El Hueco ("The Hole") is the hollow reef section of Lobitos - a slab-like left that throws barrels over a shallow rock shelf. When pure S swells hit, this is one of the most challenging waves in the Lobitos complex.

3-Day Forecast
Today
29
29
Poor
1.5m
@15s
21km/h
Thu
30
9
Poor
1.2m
@14s
23km/h
Fri
1
19
Poor
1.1m
@17s
25km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.5m
SSW(194°)
Score: 11/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 23/25
Wind
21km/h
S(188°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
27°C
0.0mm38%
Windswell Component
0.5mS@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 20 km/h SSE|PM: 13 km/h S
13 km/h vs 20 km/h morning

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:10 am
High tide - 0.89m
8:06 am
Low tide - -0.25m
2:18 pm
High tide - 1.06m
8:37 pm
Low tide - -0.39m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

29
Poor
Components
Swell Direction16/25
Swell Size11/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score51/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score29/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score29
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
S (180°)
Direction range
165° - 200°
Size range
1.2m - 2.4m
Ideal size
2.1m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
16s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
ESE (112°)
Offshore range
90° - 135°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid
Optimal range
0.4m - 1.4m
Danger below
0.3m

Water temp

20°C

Wetsuit

3/2mm fullsuit

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

3/10

Access: Hollow reef section of Lobitos.

Best Season

Peak: Apr-Sep

Secondary: Mar, Oct

Needs pure S swell. Hollow.

Getting There

Airport
PIU
Drive time
100 min
Data quality
community

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