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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	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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 Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	19	18	18	19	16	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	24	22	20
Energy	2602	2032	1958	1221	807	555	786	1256	1417	1555	1935	2338	1767	2260	2244	2136	1775	1219	1272	2326	2735	3969
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:54PM 0.74	9:22AM 1.25		9:33PM 0.71	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
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.24		4:14PM 0.28	2:59AM 0.25		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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	17	18	20	18	19	20	19	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	19	17	19	19	17
Low °C	16	16	19	16	16	19	17	17	20	17	17	19	16	17	18	16	17	18	16	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	19	19	17	18	20	18	19	20	19	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	19	17	19	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	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	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	18	18	16	16	17	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	-	10	9	9	19	6	6	19	19	6	18	12	6	6	6	11	10	24	22	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	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
Period(s)	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	19	18
Energy	2419	2487	2786	2602	2568	2200	2032	2054	1958	1680	1443	1221	927	865	807	838	555	696	753	786	904	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:54PM 0.74				9:22AM 1.25				9:33PM 0.71				9:56AM 1.25				10:11PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33PM 0.29				2:27AM 0.24				4:14PM 0.28				2:59AM 0.25				4:53PM 0.28				3:32AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	20	19	18	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	20	19	18	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	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
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	19	19	19	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30									Sunday 31
	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	Las Machas Atacama	El Brazo 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	2499	2419	2419	2352	2591	2487	2593	2593	2786	2786	2602	2602	2576	2568	2568	2399	2315	2200	2119	2078	2032	2032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							8:54PM 0.74													9:22AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33PM 0.29											2:27AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 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	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	19	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-