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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Atacama Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Atacama Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Atacama Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Atacama Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Atacama Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Atacama Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Atacama Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Atacama Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Atacama Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	16	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	22	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy	1855	2076	1710	2086	2217	2132	1461	1278	1426	1857	3059	5695	7185	6293	4958	3551	2863	1915	1521	1294	870	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	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		3:29PM 0.94	4:58AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		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		10:18PM 0.24	10:48AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	20
Low °C	16	18	16	16	19	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	20	17	18	19	17	20
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	17	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	19	10	18	11	6	6	12	11	6	24	22	15	15	-	13	13	7	-	21	20	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 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	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	18	19	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	1540	1555	1763	1755	1855	1859	2076	2419	1954	1710	2410	2381	2086	1976	2217	2172	1840	2132	1730	1717	1461	1299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:50PM 0.67					11:07AM 1.21				11:31PM 0.66				11:43AM 1.17				12:17AM 0.65				12:21PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)			4:05AM 0.30					6:12PM 0.30			4:40AM 0.34					6:52PM 0.31				5:18AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	19	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	19	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 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	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	14	14	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	19	19	19	19	10	10	6	18	18	6	6	11	12	6	6	13	6	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	18	18	18	17	16	19	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Energy	1304	1418	1540	1220	1800	1555	1667	1751	1763	1763	1762	1755	1755	1749	1855	2004	1555	1859	1946	2007	2076	2099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:50PM 0.67													11:07AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)									4:05AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-