Playa Barranquito
Barranco · Costa Verde, Lima, Peru · Reef break
Local time — · Sunrise 05:34 · Sunset 18:11
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Playa Barranquito.
Spot intelligence.
Barranquito is the mixed sand-and-stone/jetty setup below Barranco, not an unobstructed learner sand beach. Olas Perú's own technical guide describes a soft, well-shaped left and basic-to-intermediate teaching context. Intermediate is a conservative independent-recommendation gate across the unsplit marker and unvalidated model band, not a denial of selected supervised beginner lessons. Check the actual peak, rocks, structures and current water advisories rather than assuming a school description guarantees today's access or conditions.
Profile source · Olas Perú · original Playa Barranquito technical guideProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 23 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published sources reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Swell-from and wind-from inputs are independent qualitative references, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. All five inherited 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model ranking bands remain unchanged and unvalidated: they are not measured local working ranges, safe learner limits or wave-face conversions. Approximate original place markers are retained, not surveyed takeoffs or approved entries. Explicit sea requests and provider snapping do not resolve local sandbars, reefs, current channels, jetty reflection or wave faces. Olas Perú's original Barranquito technical sheet specifies sand/stones, a left, SW swell, calm wind and basic-to-intermediate use. Its low-water preference and 1–1.5 m wording apply to its teaching/peak context and are not transferred into a generic model band or whole-marker tide optimum. The original Surf-Forecast guide independently reports SW swell, ENE wind, better lefts with a right, mixed reef/jetty structure and rock/man-made/pollution cautions. Calm conditions and a directional clean-wind reference are not competing optimum directions; ENE is retained as qualitative, not a measured survey. All-stage surfability in that guide does not prove equal tide quality or override section-dependent low-water advice: tide scoring stays unverified with no phase/motion bonus, preferred window or adaptive fallback. No current pollution alert, lifeguard staffing, booking, surveyed water depth or safe learner range is inferred.
- Olas Perú · original Playa Barranquito technical guide
Local school's own guide specifies sand/stones, lefts, SW swell, calm wind and basic-to-intermediate context; its low-tide and numeric size advice is not a whole-marker scoring or safety calibration
- Surf-Forecast · original Barranquito guide
Original mixed reef/jetty guide independently reports SW swell, ENE wind, better lefts plus rights, all-stage surfability and rock/man-made/pollution cautions; not current hazards or patrol observations
Source-informed axes
Swell axis SW · 225°
Offshore wind from ENE · Intermediate profile
Wave
Left-dominant peaks · jetty and rock sections
Sand and stones · reef/jetty structure
Swell window
SW · qualitative jetty reference
0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
ENE · qualitative guide reference
Applied to wind scoring
Tide window
Section-specific · check locally
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Playa Barranquito is defined by left-dominant peaks · jetty and rock sections over sand and stones · reef/jetty structure. The shape can change with swell angle, period and the active section, so the live score should always be paired with a visual check from shore.
Best setup
02SW · qualitative jetty reference swell, ene · qualitative guide reference and section-specific · check locally form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 0.6–3.0 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.
Lineup read
03Choose a peak that matches your experience and reassess it as tide and crowd change. Pay particular attention to rocks and jetty structure, crowded mixed-ability lineup, man-made obstructions and water-quality uncertainty. Local signs and advice always take priority.
Know before you paddle
Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.
Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.
The break
Reef break
Intermediate. Works best with SW · qualitative jetty reference swell.
Timing
ENE · qualitative guide reference
Section-specific · check locally. Re-check local observations and the lineup before you paddle out.
Data note
Model data unavailable
SWELLRADAR withholds numerical conditions, scores and surf windows until a quality-checked marine forecast is available.