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Pico Alto

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CURRENT WEATHER: 8:00 AM PET
WIND: South @ 6 kts
AIR TEMP: 66°F
WATER TEMP: 52°-54°F
SUNRISE/SET: 05:33 AM/06:15 PM
SPIM (53 miles)
TIDE TIDES:
11/2006:54 am 0.22 M LOW
11/2012:33 pm 0.51 M HIGH
11/2005:44 pm 0.29 M LOW
11/2112:38 am 0.85 M HIGH
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SURF REPORT
Hola, this is Oscar with the report for Wednesday morning at 11:00am.
SURF:
2-4 ft. - knee to shoulder high and fair conditions.

Surf Report: SSW swell. Mostly around waist-chest high.

WEATHER:
The conditions are N wind of 1 kts and overcast skies in the morning. Water temperature is between 52 to 54 ºF and the air temperature is about four degrees more.
SOUTHERN PERU'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW:
SW swell started to fill in along the coast with waves between 2 to 4 feet. Most areas are seeing knee to chest high surf with some of the standard spots like PUNTA ROCAS getting 3 to 4 ft sets.

Tides are: LOW (05.57hrs /24cm ),MIDDLE (11.00hrs /45cm ),LOW (16.20hrs /21cm ), HIGH (23.41hrs /91cm )
FORECAST SUMMARY:
Small scale surf will settle in for the rest of the week and then some solid SW swell is on tap for the weekend and next week looks to bring even larger SW to SSW groundswell activity. Light to moderate SE flow will stick around for the rest of the week and into the upcoming weekend.
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LOCAL NEWS:
There will be a meeting this Thursday, May 17th at 6pm at Club Waikiki to explore starting a Surfrider Foundation Chapter in Lima. All people interested in participating are invited to attend. Please RSVP with Lia Colabello, Surfrider International Relations Manager, at lia@surfrider.org, mahalo!

Local surfer Oscar Morante died Monday, December 4th while surfing Caballeros, south of Lima; he was 63. Oscar, the former forecast reporter for Peru, was a great friend and waterman. He dedicated more than 30 years to serve the international surfing community. Thanks for everything, Oscar. You will be missed.


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