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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	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	El Buey 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	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	19	18	17	16	16
Energy	955	841	688	558	509	420	441	449	607	482	758	1692	2121	2536	2865	2402	2537	2825	2397	2897	2045	1922
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
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)		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		4:14PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	19	20	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	21	17	19	20
Low °C	18	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	20	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	20	18	19	21	19	20	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	21	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	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	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	6	6	7	6	7	7	16	6	8	16	15	6	6	24	22	20	19	18	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24					Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed
	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 Chinchorro Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	878	963	955	804	868	841	805	776	688	670	558	554	537	509	501	488	420	448	441	474	510	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	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	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 1.07					5:10AM 0.89			4:53PM 1.00					6:06AM 0.99				5:51PM 0.93
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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	21	19	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	21	19	18	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24															Monday 25
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Chinchorro 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
Rating	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.4 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	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	755	899	878	878	975	963	961	958	955	955	982	804	805	882	868	849	852	841	830	815	805	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								3:51PM 1.07														5:10AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)		9:26AM 0.43													10:45PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.4 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	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 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	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-