Atacama Surf

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thu		Fri				Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	4	5	1	0	5	4	0	4	4	1	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.1 NW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	21	14	18	18	18	19	16	16	11	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13
Energy	1023	880	1108	1916	785	2957	3527	3462	15	2566	2754	174	1203	1203	521	852	842	161	910	860	101	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.96	3:14AM 0.41		1:29AM 0.63	1:37PM 1.06	12:58PM 0.87	2:43AM 0.64			3:57AM 0.68		3:31PM 1.01	4:58AM 0.76		4:28PM 1.00	1:00PM 0.57	11:02PM 0.57	5:23PM 0.98		6:28AM 0.98	6:15PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)			11:40PM 0.34		8:08PM 0.39	6:22AM 0.45	5:35AM 0.31	9:05PM 0.39		8:41AM 0.28	9:58PM 0.36	8:44AM 0.52		10:44PM 0.33	10:07AM 0.51		6:09PM 0.49			11:59PM 0.24	12:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	22	21	20	21	15	20	21	20	20	21	20	14	22	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	19	21
Low °C	21	19	19	20	15	19	20	19	18	20	18	14	21	19	18	20	19	18	20	18	16	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	21	14	20	21	20	20	21	20	12	22	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:17	5:20	-	6:16	5:32	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	14	12	18	18	11	16	16	11	11	11	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	20	7	18	21	-	18	12	12	16	11	11	15	14	14	10	17	17	7	10	10	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 07			Wed		Thursday 07			Fri		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat		Friday 08			Sat
	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Puerto Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama
Rating	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	4	4	4	5	5	5	1	1	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	14	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	21	15	13	19	19	18	14	14	15	17	17	16
Energy	2314	2478	1411	858	824	840	852	1041	1251	1253	1916	2544	2591	3006	3342	3144	592	489	8	3237	3314	3052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 0.43				12:30AM 0.65				3:14AM 0.41				1:29AM 0.63				2:50AM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)	11:01PM 0.28			7:15PM 0.38				5:37AM 0.40	11:40PM 0.34				8:08PM 0.39			6:22AM 0.45		12:40AM 0.39			9:05PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	19	19	18	18	19	13	13	20	19	19	19	19	19	14	15	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	19	19	18	18	19	11	11	20	19	19	19	19	19	13	14	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	18	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	18	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	-	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	-	-	21	21	20	19	19	18	-	-	12	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thu	Wednesday 06					Thu		Wednesday 06					Thursday 07
	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	6:30AM	7:30AM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2:30PM	3:30PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Puerto Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama
Rating	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	4	4	4	5	5	5	1	1	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	12	12
Energy	1140	2408	2314	1031	1038	1038	1015	1023	1411	1411	914	858	846	836	824	762	1437	1436	840	877	933	929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:05PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.28										7:15PM 0.38										5:37AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	22	22	22	21	22	13	13	19	18	19	19	19	18	14	14	19	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	22	22	22	21	22	11	11	19	18	19	19	19	18	12	12	19	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	18	18	13	20	20	20	20	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	-	-	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-