La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 -04
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La Puntilla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Puntilla sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Puntilla today?

The current surf forecast for La Puntilla at 11PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151515151616151515151414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215120692037198321402276237024972497246524332338208919291761173617361644175917101411134911981117
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
SE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
0
S
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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off
glassglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
0.97
10:19AM
1.35
10:35PM
0.90
11:04AM
1.36
11:25PM
0.82
11:55AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.19
3:42AM
0.15
4:55PM
0.19
4:19AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.22
5:01AM
0.21
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset6:29-------6:28-------6:27-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020201920212321202020202022222220202019192122
Feels °C (?)222222222122232321222322222223222322222321212222
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