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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	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	3	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	4	4	1	5	4	1	4	4	1	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.1 NW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	11	-	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	21	12	18	17	12	16	15	12	15	14	12
Energy(?)	22	664	738	0	1321	1577	8	1192	883	679	761	1372	95	3217	3758	160	3181	2590	2561	2272	1862	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	glass	on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 1.09		11:46PM 1.15	10:07AM 0.93	12:14PM 1.11	12:20AM 1.05		12:52PM 1.11	10:49PM 0.75		1:32PM 1.09	1:28AM 0.85		2:16PM 1.07	12:15AM 0.54		3:10PM 1.04		3:02AM 0.69	4:16PM 1.02		4:29AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:36PM 0.25				6:20PM 0.31	6:30AM 0.26			6:58AM 0.31		7:54PM 0.43	7:27AM 0.36			8:01AM 0.40		10:08PM 0.53	8:46AM 0.45		11:42PM 0.53	9:53AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	22	24	24	23	24	25	23	24	24	22	18	24	22	23	25	22	16	25	22	15
Low °C	22	24	22	22	23	22	22	25	22	23	24	21	17	22	21	17	24	21	15	24	21	15
Chill °C (?)	24	25	22	24	24	23	24	25	23	24	24	22	18	24	22	23	25	22	15	25	22	13
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	-	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	17	12	16	15	-	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	12	10	16	15	15	15	15	13	24	23	21	6	11	10	15	21	18	-	15	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	12	-	-	4

	Thursday 05						Friday 06									Saturday 07
	6AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Puerto Atacama
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	11	16	11	11	11	18	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	13
Energy(?)	833	744	25	704	25	692	738	875	956	1067	8	8	8	1691	1556	1320	1232	1196	4	4	4	995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:37AM 1.09				11:46PM 1.15					12:14PM 1.11				12:20AM 1.05				12:52PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	5:32AM 0.19				5:36PM 0.25				3:54AM 0.04	6:01AM 0.22				6:20PM 0.31				6:30AM 0.26				7:05PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	24	25	25	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	24	25	25	23
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	18	16	12	12	20	11	10	10	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05	Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Puerto Atacama
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	12	18	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	11
Energy(?)	840	833	17	828	22	744	708	723	702	705	25	25	25	704	690	638	756	692	0	0	0	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									9:30AM 0.91												11:46PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32AM 0.19												3:30PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	20	20	20	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-