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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	5	5	4	6	5	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	18	18	19	16	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	22	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14
Energy	1131	1334	1566	1855	2018	1710	2194	2069	2146	1461	1251	1426	1970	2819	4579	7045	6293	5333	3596	3027	1968	1430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	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		2:33PM 1.00	4:05AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		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		9:37PM 0.26	9:27AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	19	19	17	19	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	17	19
Low °C	16	19	16	16	18	16	16	19	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	16	17	16	16	18	16	17
Chill °C	18	19	17	19	19	17	19	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	17	19
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	17	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	19	19	6	18	11	6	6	12	11	6	24	22	16	15	-	13	13	13	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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 Puerto Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Energy	911	844	1131	1448	1334	1306	1539	1566	1762	1650	1855	1844	2018	2420	1954	1710	2404	2380	2194	2300	2069	2172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:31AM 1.23				10:50PM 0.67					11:07AM 1.21				11:31PM 0.66				11:43AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32AM 0.28					5:32PM 0.29			4:05AM 0.30					6:12PM 0.30			4:40AM 0.34					6:52PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	19	17
Chill °C	16	16	18	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	14	14	18	18	18	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	19	19	19	19	6	6	6	18	18	6	6	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02	Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy	815	919	911	893	868	844	1012	923	1131	1268	1332	1448	1334	1334	1334	1334	1307	1306	1304	1418	1539	1219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									10:31AM 1.23												10:50PM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:32AM 0.28														5:32PM 0.29
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	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-