La Brava Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.50° S 70.33° W)

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La Brava surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 -04

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La Brava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's La Brava sea temperature is 15.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Brava today?

The current surf forecast for La Brava at 1AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Evening (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

Table - waves today at La Brava. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1972	1918	1633	1319	1280	1083	1067	976	891	864	678	657	646	570	561	551	497	425	411	396	389	344	263	338
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SSE	S	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SW	SW	SW	N	SSW	SSW	NW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:11PM 0.65				6:35AM 1.17				7:22PM 0.71				7:37AM 1.19				8:17PM 0.79				8:28AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 0.33					1:43PM 0.25				12:46AM 0.30				2:30PM 0.21				1:50AM 0.26

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	14	15	16	17	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	18	19	17	15	15	14	14	15	18	18
Feels °C (?)	17	15	14	15	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	18	16	16	15	14	15	16	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at La Brava (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 3 km from La Brava). A 2.0m groundswell from the SW
1 hour 20 minutes ago La Brava

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1 h 20 min ago

14 km/h

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