Lima, Peru
Punta Rocas
Advanced
Point break
Rock bottom
Peels left
0.9–3.5 m
Mid tide
Peru's premier high-performance wave and a mainstay of competitive surfing. Punta Rocas offers powerful left-hand tubes breaking over a rocky point. The spot has hosted numerous ISA World Championships and produced Peruvian surfing legends. Located just south of Lima, it's easily accessible and provides world-class waves when southern swells arrive.
Hazards
RocksUrchinsLocalism
Conditions
- Best swell
- SW, S
- Best wind
- E, SE
- Season
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- Wave size
- 0.9–3.5 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- -12.4750, -76.7917
Facilities
Parking