La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 21 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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 6AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131312121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175917101411134911981117111710141014848749668702680616616605536527518475427450419
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
5
SSW
0
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
W
5
SSW
0
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.82
11:55AM
1.34
12:22AM
0.75
12:53PM
1.30
1:31AM
0.70
1:59PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.21
6:52PM
0.25
5:50AM
0.27
8:02PM
0.28
6:49AM
0.34
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:24-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019202223212020191919212221201919191921222120
Feels °C (?)222221222323222222202121222221222021212122222222
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