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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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	Wed	Thu	Wed	Thursday 14			Fri	Sat	Fri	Sat	Sun	Sat	Sun	Mon	Sun	Mon	Tue	Mon	Tue	Wed	Tue	Wed
	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	16	13	16	13	13	14	14	13	15	14	12	13	12	16	12	11	14	19	17	11	16
Energy	759	282	579	1014	488	487	305	471	567	1251	742	608	390	302	1202	241	255	1444	358	464	600	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				12:41AM 0.52	7:05PM 0.95		1:13AM 0.49			1:42AM 0.45		8:43PM 0.88	2:10AM 0.43		9:32PM 0.83	2:36AM 0.41		10:24PM 0.79	3:02AM 0.40		11:20PM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 0.40	5:37AM 0.30	12:35AM 0.20	7:28PM 0.26		1:11AM 0.16	8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19	1:49AM 0.13	8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14	2:29AM 0.12	9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09	3:11AM 0.13	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06	3:56AM 0.15	10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07	4:45AM 0.19	11:19PM 0.24
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	20	21	18	16	17	18	15	17	18	15	15	18	15	17	18	14	14	17	13
Low °C	18	19	17	18	20	17	16	17	17	15	15	17	15	15	17	15	15	17	13	13	17	13
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	20	21	18	14	17	18	15	17	18	14	14	18	14	16	18	12	13	17	11
Sunrise	6:58	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	16	13	16	13	13	14	14	13	15	14	12	13	12	16	12	11	14	11	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	12	9	-	18	16	5	5	6	-	-	16	-	23	9	20	20	13	19	17	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 N	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	4	3	-	4	4	-	4

	Wednesday 13			Thu		Wed		Thursday 14			Fri		Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Fri
	5AM	8AM	11AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	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
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 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	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14
Energy	738	720	759	111	142	609	569	579	649	658	1014	813	488	622	518	487	560	739	305	309	447	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:28AM 0.98				6:15PM 0.97				7:08AM 1.10		12:41AM 0.52		7:05PM 0.95				7:49AM 1.22		1:13AM 0.49		7:54PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)					5:37AM 0.30			12:35AM 0.20								1:11AM 0.16					6:14AM 0.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	20	19	20	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	20	19	20	18	18	18	17	17	14	15	15	18
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 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	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 W	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	16	16	9	10	9	9	9	-	4	18	17	8	16	16	8	5	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-

	Wednesday 13									Thursday 14							Wednesday 13					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	7:30PM	8:30PM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2:30AM	3:30AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Puerto Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 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	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	854	817	738	729	720	720	779	75	759	89	87	111	125	142	142	166	671	609	605	571	569	550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:28AM 0.98												6:15PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)															5:37AM 0.30
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 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	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	10	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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