La Puntilla Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.47° S 70.31° W)

Surf Forecasts:

La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 15.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	14s

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

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	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3062	2982	2792	2754	2424	2232	1972	1918	1633	1319	1280	1083	1067	976	891	864	706	705	687	570	561	551	538	458
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	SSE	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	WNW	SW	S	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	NNE	S	S	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:22AM 1.14					6:11PM 0.65				6:35AM 1.17				7:22PM 0.71				7:37AM 1.19				8:17PM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)	10:02PM 0.32					12:41PM 0.30			11:28PM 0.33					1:43PM 0.25				12:46AM 0.30				2:30PM 0.21

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	16	17	17	15	14	15	15	16	18	18	17	15	14	14	15	16	18	19	17	16
Feels °C (?)	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	15	15	17	17	17	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). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW
1 hour 45 minutes ago La Puntilla

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1 h 45 min ago

14 km/h

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Cross-Off

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