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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	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	El Buey 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	El Buey Atacama	El Buey 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	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	19	18	17	16
Energy	878	953	841	688	548	508	422	443	451	608	482	686	1576	1969	2454	2834	2849	2687	3139	2936	3179	2345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.07		5:10AM 0.89	4:53PM 1.00		6:06AM 0.99	5:51PM 0.93		6:52AM 1.08	6:43PM 0.87		7:34AM 1.15	7:30PM 0.82		8:11AM 1.20		8:13PM 0.77	8:47AM 1.24		8:54PM 0.74	9:22AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.43		10:45PM 0.21	10:50AM 0.43		11:31PM 0.21	12:05PM 0.41		12:12AM 0.20	1:09PM 0.37		12:48AM 0.21		2:03PM 0.34	1:22AM 0.21		2:51PM 0.31	1:55AM 0.22		3:33PM 0.29	2:27AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	19	20	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	18	19	20	17	19
Low °C	16	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	19	20	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	18	19	20	17	19
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	12	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	16	7	8	17	15	26	24	24	22	20	19	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	512	662	594	742	878	963	953	829	860	841	805	778	688	670	548	538	519	508	502	488	422	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:04AM 0.80				3:51PM 1.07					5:10AM 0.89			4:53PM 1.00					6:06AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)	9:52PM 0.22				9:26AM 0.43				10:45PM 0.21				10:50AM 0.43					11:31PM 0.21				12:05PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	21
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	15	9	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	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	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Toro Viejo 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 Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	558	537	512	645	585	662	600	594	594	656	687	742	755	899	878	878	975	963	963	953	953	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:04AM 0.80											3:51PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 0.22												9:26AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	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
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-