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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	La Capilla Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama
Rating	1	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	3	3	0	4	4	0	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 NW
Period(s)	14	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	13	16	13	13	16	18	17	15	15	15	13
Energy	135	878	885	78	687	678	521	467	471	560	772	620	755	595	590	548	1194	1017	8	1091	1085	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 0.98	4:20PM 0.83		6:15PM 0.97	5:07PM 0.81	7:08AM 1.10	7:05PM 0.95	5:55PM 0.78	7:49AM 1.22	7:54PM 0.91		1:24PM 1.13			9:16AM 1.40			10:02AM 1.43			10:52AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	6:09PM 0.49						1:21PM 0.33				2:15PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.13		3:07PM 0.20	2:05PM 0.08		4:01PM 0.04	3:00PM 0.03		4:54PM 0.15	3:57PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	21	21	19	20	21	19	20	21	18	15	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	19	19
Low °C	19	20	19	21	20	18	18	20	18	17	19	17	15	20	18	18	20	18	17	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	21	21	19	20	21	19	20	21	18	14	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	5:29	6:15	5:17	5:28	6:15	5:16	-	6:15	5:16	-	6:14	-	5:25	6:14	5:15	-	6:14	5:15	-	6:13	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	18	17	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	10	10	7	10	10	9	8	8	12	12	20	16	18	18	19	12	12	9	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Tue		Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Wed		Thursday 14			Fri	Thu
	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	11	13	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	16	13
Energy	872	1028	922	887	109	98	77	1008	902	883	761	720	74	112	119	609	569	602	649	658	929	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:55AM 0.69	11:02PM 0.57			5:23PM 0.98				6:28AM 0.98	12:01AM 0.55			6:15PM 0.97				7:08AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		11:23PM 0.29					5:32AM 0.33			11:59PM 0.24					5:37AM 0.30			12:35AM 0.20				1:21PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	10	10	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	13	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	17	16	16	9	10	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11				Tuesday 12										Wed	Tuesday 12					Wed	Tue
	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6:30AM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	13	11	11	17	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15
Energy	1037	872	872	882	139	135	134	793	922	883	902	848	110	110	109	936	928	916	901	893	77	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)										5:46AM 0.86				11:02PM 0.57								5:23PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)																11:21AM 0.47					5:32AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	18	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	13	13	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-