La Puntilla surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 08 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
19.9° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8PM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Evening (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)17s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)181817171716161616161515151515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4556006798348057767579299179069678939741045117411581340124412441227111110951143990
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
S
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.07
1:41AM
0.65
2:21PM
1.03
3:07AM
0.64
3:30PM
1.02
4:39AM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.47
6:54AM
0.46
9:54PM
0.47
8:01AM
0.50
11:02PM
0.44
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50
Sunset--6:36-------6:35-------6:34-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423222122212123242221212121222223232121212121
Feels °C (?)262424242324232424252323232323242324242324232423
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