Atacama Surf

Atacama Surf Forecast

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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	6	8	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	19	18	18	19	16	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	22	20	19	17	17	16
Energy	829	563	787	1257	1737	1554	1958	2187	1710	2194	2406	2148	1455	1217	1485	2205	2993	5034	7504	6560	5568	3420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 1.25		10:11PM 0.69	10:31AM 1.23		10:50PM 0.67	11:07AM 1.21		11:31PM 0.66	11:43AM 1.17		12:17AM 0.65	12:21PM 1.14		1:09AM 0.65	1:00PM 1.09		2:07AM 0.68	1:44PM 1.05		3:07AM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53PM 0.28	3:32AM 0.28		5:32PM 0.29	4:05AM 0.30		6:12PM 0.30	4:40AM 0.34		6:52PM 0.31		5:18AM 0.38	7:34PM 0.31		6:03AM 0.42		8:16PM 0.30	6:58AM 0.46		8:57PM 0.29	8:07AM 0.49
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	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	18	17	18
Low °C	16	19	17	17	20	16	17	19	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	16	17	16	16	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	18	18	16	16	17	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	19	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	19	6	22	19	19	6	18	11	18	6	12	11	5	24	22	16	15	-	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	El Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	16	16	16	16
Energy	1443	1261	955	888	829	838	563	702	758	787	901	831	1257	1433	1737	1292	1530	1554	1886	1755	1958	1858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:33PM 0.71				9:56AM 1.25				10:11PM 0.69				10:31AM 1.23				10:50PM 0.67					11:07AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			2:59AM 0.25				4:53PM 0.28				3:32AM 0.28					5:32PM 0.29			4:05AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	19	19	13	13	6	6	22	6	6	19	19	19	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 31			Monday 01
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1705	1691	1443	1426	1391	1261	1135	1096	955	925	958	888	832	829	829	824	800	838	779	563	563	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:33PM 0.71												9:56AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)							2:59AM 0.25														4:53PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	24	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-