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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	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Caleta Sama Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	2	3	0	4	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.1 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 W	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 W	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	14	14	16	13	12	13	12	12	20	12	12	13	11	11	10	15	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1052	6	1789	1436	23	1014	735	45	809	843	64	844	742	3	689	585	416	373	1016	3	1192	866
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 1.21	10:27AM 1.09		10:36PM 1.18	11:03AM 1.16		11:13PM 1.12	11:42AM 1.21		11:52PM 1.04		12:23PM 1.24	12:34AM 0.95		1:11PM 1.25	1:23AM 0.85	11:25PM 0.62	2:06PM 1.23	2:23AM 0.75		3:13PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 0.20	4:26PM 0.24		4:51AM 0.18	5:10PM 0.23		5:21AM 0.18	5:57PM 0.24		5:54AM 0.19		6:49PM 0.27	6:29AM 0.23		7:48PM 0.32			8:59PM 0.37	8:02AM 0.33		10:25PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	24	22	24	24	22	23	24	23	23	24	22	23	23	22	23	24	22	23	23	22
Low °C	21	21	23	21	22	24	21	22	23	22	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	22	24	24	22	24	24	22	23	24	23	23	24	22	23	23	22	23	24	22	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	5:52	-	7:50	-	-	7:49	5:51	-	7:49	-	-	7:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	18	17	16	16	16	13	16	15	15	20	19	18	18	16	11	15	10	12	12	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	12	12	13	13	13	18	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	139	938	1052	1160	1320	1335	6	5	10	1678	1436	1357	1226	1157	5	5	935	716	735	675	740	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	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)			10:01PM 1.21				10:27AM 1.09				10:36PM 1.18				11:03AM 1.16				11:13PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM 0.26				4:22AM 0.20				4:26PM 0.24				4:51AM 0.18				3:08PM 0.08				5:21AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	22	21	21	21	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	22	22	21	21	21	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Sunset	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	140	1011	898	920	946	938	236	257	257	1197	1131	1160	1272	1304	260	260	1257	1335	1396	1589	1659	1682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								10:01PM 1.21												10:27AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM 0.26													4:22AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-