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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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	La Isla Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	1	4	4	1	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 W	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	13	20	12	12	18	12	13	12	10	12	14	18	17	13	16	15	13
Energy(?)	1639	1518	1225	3	1062	1051	18	894	931	48	758	712	691	728	834	352	945	1215	337	1320	1271	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 1.19		11:18PM 0.98	11:43AM 1.20	4:07AM 0.58	11:51PM 0.90		12:17PM 1.18	12:25AM 0.83		10:49AM 0.94	1:00AM 0.76		11:35AM 0.89	1:43AM 0.70		2:22PM 1.07	2:41AM 0.65		3:21PM 1.03		4:07AM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 0.27		5:14AM 0.24	10:38PM 0.07	6:09PM 0.30	5:41AM 0.28		6:51PM 0.35	6:07AM 0.32	4:01AM 0.17	7:37PM 0.39	6:36AM 0.37	4:33AM 0.22	8:31PM 0.44	7:10AM 0.41		9:37PM 0.47	7:54AM 0.46		10:54PM 0.47	9:01AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	22	20	24	22	18	24	22	23
Low °C	22	23	21	21	23	21	22	23	22	22	23	22	22	24	22	19	23	21	17	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	22	20	24	22	17	24	22	23
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	7:07	7:36	-	7:06	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	10	12	14	18	11	13	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	21	20	19	15	10	10	9	13	12	19	-	11	17	-	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	2	-	-	-

	Friday 03				Sat	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1:30AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 W	1.7 SSW	0.1 NW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	16	13	13	13	13	12	20	19
Energy(?)	2016	1823	1676	1639	504	9	9	1244	1225	1039	1137	1033	8	966	13	1088	1051	970	957	952	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:43PM 1.06								11:18PM 0.98				11:43AM 1.20				11:51PM 0.90					12:17PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)			4:47AM 0.21				5:27PM 0.27				3:04AM 0.08					6:09PM 0.30			5:41AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	22	14	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	23	24	23	22	22	22	21	22	23	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	22	12	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	23	24	23	22	22	22	21	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	21	21	12	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 03
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3:30PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18
Energy(?)	2050	2049	2016	2016	629	1823	1724	1700	1676	1680	1649	1639	1639	1626	1626	1518	1518	1518	1496	1474	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:43PM 1.06												8:59AM 1.01	11:09AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)								4:47AM 0.21													5:27PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	16	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	15	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-