Atacama Surf

Atacama Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	20	14	13	12	11	16	16	15	14	14	14	12	15
Energy	1932	1788	1468	1531	1210	1123	1200	1244	1176	1411	1357	978	883	602	499	434	462	493	590	461	419	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 0.81		7:23AM 1.27	7:29PM 0.78		8:12AM 1.37		8:25PM 0.76	9:01AM 1.43		9:20PM 0.75	9:51AM 1.46		10:16PM 0.74	10:41AM 1.45		11:12PM 0.74	11:33AM 1.40		12:12AM 0.75	12:25PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07PM 0.33		12:28AM 0.15		2:06PM 0.26	1:14AM 0.12		3:02PM 0.19	2:02AM 0.11		3:56PM 0.15	2:52AM 0.11		4:48PM 0.12	3:43AM 0.12		5:41PM 0.12	4:37AM 0.16		6:33PM 0.13		5:34AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	18	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	20	18	20	20	17	19
Low °C	16	18	16	16	18	16	16	19	16	17	19	17	16	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	16	18	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	20	18	20	20	17	19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	11	10	16	15	14	14	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	-	9	22	7	25	24	22	21	20	20	18	18	11	16	10	10	9	9	9	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey 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	La Puntilla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1540	1628	1625	1670	1932	1932	1788	1718	1651	1468	1552	1416	1531	1268	1210	1227	1054	1123	1139	1278	1200	1149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:36AM 1.16				6:30PM 0.81				7:23AM 1.27				7:29PM 0.78					8:12AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		11:43PM 0.18				1:07PM 0.33				12:28AM 0.15					2:06PM 0.26			1:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	17	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	17	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	11	11	-	-	9	9	22	6	22	7	7	26	26	25	24	24	24	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	1602	1581	1540	1540	1520	1628	1628	1647	1625	1649	1670	1670	1714	1736	1932	1932	1932	1932	1883	1859	1788	1765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:36AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				11:43PM 0.18														1:07PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-