Playa Blanca Surf Forecast

/ Antofagasta (21 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Playa Blanca surfForecast / Antofagasta / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 -04

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Playa Blanca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Playa Blanca sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Blanca today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Blanca at 10PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (19 Aug)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

Table - waves today at Playa Blanca. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	18	15	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2385	1872	1661	1829	1622	1554	1377	1275	1325	1563	2223	1983	2606	2512	2960	2173	2119	2099	2046	1993	2020	1892	2420	2869
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	SSW	S	WSW	SW	SW	S	S	NW	NE	WNW	W	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:13PM 0.69				7:27AM 1.25					8:10PM 0.75				8:18AM 1.30				8:55PM 0.82				9:02AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				12:37AM 0.25					2:23PM 0.11			1:36AM 0.19					3:06PM 0.06				2:26AM 0.14

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Feels °C (?)	14	13	12	16	14	14	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Antofagasta

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Playa Blanca (light winds from the NNW at Desierto Atacama Airport 115 km from Playa Blanca). 2.1m 13s groundswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 51 minutes ago Playa Blanca

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