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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Atacama Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	0.1 NW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.1 W	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.1 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	14	16	16	16	12	16	16	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	11	11
Energy(?)	2547	13	1568	1568	1797	2189	2195	14	2504	2532	1768	1651	1644	3	1033	872	5	632	632	4	588	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	on	on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 1.07	8:57AM 1.22	7:53AM 1.04		9:37AM 1.30		9:50PM 0.97	10:19AM 1.35		10:35PM 0.90	11:04AM 1.36		11:25PM 0.82	11:55AM 1.34		12:22AM 0.75	12:53PM 1.30		1:31AM 0.70	1:59PM 1.24		2:57AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 0.16			2:12PM 0.08		4:04PM 0.19	3:42AM 0.15		4:55PM 0.19	4:19AM 0.17		5:50PM 0.22		5:01AM 0.21	6:52PM 0.25		5:50AM 0.27		8:02PM 0.28	6:49AM 0.34		9:17PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	22	21	23	21	22	23	22	21	22	21	21	23	20	20	22	21	20	21	20
Low °C	20	20	22	21	20	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	19	21	19	19	21	20	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	22	21	23	21	22	23	22	21	22	21	21	23	20	20	22	21	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	5:31	-	6:29	5:30	-	6:29	5:30	-	6:28	5:30	-	6:27	5:29	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	5:28	-	6:24	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	13	12	11	11	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 NW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	8	2284	2243	2082	1939	1870	13	13	8	1440	1455	1435	1474	1469	17	38	2189	2107	2045	1987	2162	2290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 0.89				8:57AM 1.22				9:07PM 1.03				9:37AM 1.30				9:50PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)	2:28PM 0.26				2:34AM 0.16				3:15PM 0.21				3:07AM 0.15				4:04PM 0.19				3:42AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	23	21	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	23	21	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	18	13	13	13	15	15	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16									Friday 17
	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 NW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	8	2663	2547	2513	2315	2284	10	10	10	2092	2092	2092	2092	2092	10	10	1845	1870	1845	1848	1680	1680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							8:26PM 1.07												8:57AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	2:28PM 0.26												2:34AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-