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 8 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 -04

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 1.6°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 12PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Evening (15 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	15s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Monday 15						Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
	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)	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
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) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3876	3631	3631	3817	3585	3314	3062	2982	2792	2754	2424	2232	1972	1918	1633	1319	1280	1083	1067	976	891	864	706	705
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SE	SW	WSW	SW	SW	W	SW	ESE	SE	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	NW	SW
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- on	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:02AM 1.13				4:37PM 0.63				5:22AM 1.14					6:11PM 0.65				6:35AM 1.17				7:22PM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)			11:17AM 0.34				10:02PM 0.32					12:41PM 0.30			11:28PM 0.33					1:43PM 0.25				12:46AM 0.30

	Monday 15						Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	17	17	15	15	14	14	15	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	17	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	16	16	16	15

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

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
2 hours 42 minutes ago La Puntilla

Expand

View all

2 h 42 min ago

14 km/h

SSW

Cross-Off

Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

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.