La Puntilla Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (102 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.47° S 70.31° W)

Surf Forecasts:

La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 -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 16.5° C
(Which is 2.3°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 11AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Evening (19 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	12s

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

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	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
	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	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	734	734	734	734	647	605	595	518	509	475	466	372	372	366	311	305	258	234	225	182	175	154	125	122
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	WNW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:43AM 1.06					9:19PM 1.06				9:21AM 1.01				9:52PM 1.12				9:56AM 0.96				10:23PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)					3:02PM 0.18				3:23AM 0.27				3:29PM 0.18				4:05AM 0.26				3:55PM 0.20

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at La Puntilla (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 3 km from La Puntilla). 1.5m 12s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
2 hours 19 minutes ago La Puntilla

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2 h 19 min ago

14 km/h

SSW

Cross-Off

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