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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	3	6	5	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	13	22	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	15
Energy	2139	1461	1286	1427	1859	2737	5695	7264	6560	5439	3551	2970	1922	1391	1271	898	948	872	1373	1771	1829	1650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	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		4:28PM 0.89		5:48AM 1.04	5:30PM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)		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		10:59PM 0.21	12:01PM 0.41		11:43PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	17	17	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	18	19	19	16	18	19	17
Low °C	17	17	19	16	16	18	17	17	18	16	16	18	17	17	18	16	16	18	16	16	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	17	17	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	18	19	19	16	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	12	11	6	24	22	15	15	-	13	13	13	6	21	20	20	18	19	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	5	5	6	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	22	21	21	20	19	19
Energy	2218	2173	1841	2139	1731	1718	1461	1286	1286	1263	1171	1427	1403	1585	1859	2078	2737	3570	3756	5695	6764	7590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:17AM 0.65				12:21PM 1.14				1:09AM 0.65				1:00PM 1.09					2:07AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.31				5:18AM 0.38				7:34PM 0.31				6:03AM 0.42					8:16PM 0.30			6:58AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	17	19	18	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	17	19	18	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	21	20	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	6	25	24	24	23	22	21	13	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	5	5	6	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	2196	2145	2218	2199	2199	2173	1751	2075	1841	2057	1866	2139	1969	1975	1731	1713	1735	1718	1730	1490	1461	1427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:17AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)					6:52PM 0.31											5:18AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-