Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at La Puntilla today (21 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for La Puntilla at 10PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (21 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at La Puntilla. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 176 | 142 | 140 | 169 | 147 | 177 | 186 | 190 | 176 | 147 | 151 | 154 | 158 | 161 | 149 | 149 | 156 | 179 | 183 | 135 | 132 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 4:01PM0.62m | 5:07AM1.00m | 5:25PM0.61m | 6:07AM1.04m | 6:29PM0.64m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:07AM0.45m | 9:41PM0.37m | 12:23PM0.42m | 10:49PM0.36m | 1:15PM0.37m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 |
| kJ | 165 | 140 | 136 | 169 | 147 | 177 | 186 | 190 | 176 | 147 | 151 | 154 | 158 | 161 | 149 | 149 | 156 | 179 | 183 | 135 | 132 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 11 | SW 11 |
| kJ | 176 | 142 | 140 | 134 | 124 | 93 | 73 | 71 | 89 | 65 | 61 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 42 | 60 | 69 | 43 | 42 | 30 | 57 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SSW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 4 | 37 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 28 | 50 | 48 | 45 | 23 | 6 | 42 | 41 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 195 | 195 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 195 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our La Puntilla surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest