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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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	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	16	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	10
Energy	582	588	547	537	822	1172	1181	1462	1291	1310	878	749	834	981	918	769	591	548	539	349	354	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:31AM 1.32		8:43PM 0.88	9:16AM 1.40		9:32PM 0.83	10:02AM 1.43		10:24PM 0.79	10:52AM 1.43		11:20PM 0.75	11:44AM 1.39		12:21AM 0.72	12:41PM 1.33		1:31AM 0.71	1:42PM 1.25		2:49AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.13		3:07PM 0.20	2:29AM 0.12		4:00PM 0.16	3:11AM 0.13		4:54PM 0.15	3:56AM 0.15		5:50PM 0.16	4:45AM 0.19		6:49PM 0.18		5:40AM 0.25	7:51PM 0.20		6:44AM 0.32		8:53PM 0.21
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	18	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	21	18	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	21	18
Low °C	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	20	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	18	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	21	18	19	20	18	19	20	17	19	21	18
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	16	18	16	16	15	14	14	11	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	16	12	12	9	11	11	13	11	13	16	11	11	10	10	10	16	13	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 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	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	20	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	16
Energy	607	633	630	582	560	598	588	553	547	541	500	537	498	775	822	895	1172	1278	1155	1181	1322	2021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 0.91					8:31AM 1.32				8:43PM 0.88				9:16AM 1.40				9:32PM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15PM 0.26			1:49AM 0.13					3:07PM 0.20				2:29AM 0.12				4:00PM 0.16				3:11AM 0.13
WeatherAdvanced 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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 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	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	16	16	16	16	12	8	12	9	14	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15									Saturday 16
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	La Brava Atacama
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	697	712	607	607	633	633	624	616	630	614	598	582	575	567	560	558	568	598	597	596	588	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						7:54PM 0.91													8:31AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15PM 0.26											1:49AM 0.13
WeatherAdvanced 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	20	20	19	19	19	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 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	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	21	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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