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La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 10 Jan 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 6PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111110910101110101010999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)967575757372544735356534343777467373714545444444
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
0.95
3:45AM
0.91
5:17PM
1.00
4:45AM
0.81
6:17PM
1.05
5:52AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
0.30
10:04PM
0.54
10:21AM
0.33
11:32PM
0.56
11:06AM
0.35
12:57AM
0.54
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15
Sunset--8:22-------8:22-------8:22-----
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424222222212123232322212121212323232221212121
Feels °C (?)242525242424232324232423232323232423242423232222
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