Atacama Surf

Detailed Atacama surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Atacama. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Atacama. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Atacama over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Atacama and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Atacama Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Atacama Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Atacama coastline are also listed below.

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	Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	3	4	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13
Energy	1287	1107	816	707	616	740	782	779	619	491	449	317	333	321	399	489	670	867	1015	846	698	607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:24PM 0.79	10:52AM 1.43		11:20PM 0.75	11:44AM 1.39		12:21AM 0.72	12:41PM 1.33		1:31AM 0.71	1:42PM 1.25		2:49AM 0.74		2:46PM 1.16	4:04AM 0.80		3:51PM 1.07		5:10AM 0.89	4:53PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 0.15	3:56AM 0.15		5:50PM 0.16	4:45AM 0.19		6:49PM 0.18		5:40AM 0.25	7:51PM 0.20		6:44AM 0.32		8:53PM 0.21	8:00AM 0.39		9:52PM 0.22	9:26AM 0.43		10:45PM 0.21	10:50AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	18	19	21	18	20	21
Low °C	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	16	17	18	17	17	19	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	18	19	21	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	16	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	13	10	10	11	10	10	10	16	16	15	18	18	16	10	9	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1462	1358	1287	1172	1006	1107	1232	860	816	801	707	638	607	616	556	756	740	739	782	814	802	779
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:02AM 1.43				10:24PM 0.79				10:52AM 1.43					11:20PM 0.75				11:44AM 1.39				12:21AM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)			4:54PM 0.15				3:56AM 0.15					5:50PM 0.16			4:45AM 0.19					6:49PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	10	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18															Tuesday 19
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1468	1476	1462	1427	1401	1358	1345	1312	1287	1280	1176	1172	1172	1107	1006	1041	1066	1107	1217	1113	1232	978
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:02AM 1.43												10:24PM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)									4:54PM 0.15											3:56AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-