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 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	12	20	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	1211	1123	1200	1244	1176	1411	1333	984	966	662	468	635	572	616	602	598	547	487	235	541	520	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 0.78		8:12AM 1.37		8:25PM 0.76	9:01AM 1.43		9:20PM 0.75	9:51AM 1.46		10:16PM 0.74	10:41AM 1.45		11:12PM 0.74	11:33AM 1.40		12:12AM 0.75	12:25PM 1.32		1:15AM 0.77	1:18PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06PM 0.26	1:14AM 0.12		3:02PM 0.19	2:02AM 0.11		3:56PM 0.15	2:52AM 0.11		4:48PM 0.12	3:43AM 0.12		5:41PM 0.12	4:37AM 0.16		6:33PM 0.13		5:34AM 0.22	7:25PM 0.15		6:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	18	20	16	19	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	18	19	20	17	18	19	16	18	19
Low °C	18	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	16	19	16	16	18	17	17	19	16	16	18	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	20	16	19	20	17	18	19	17	18	19	18	19	20	17	18	19	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	25	24	22	21	20	20	18	18	11	11	16	10	9	9	9	16	13	15	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	21	13	12	12	12	20	20	14	14	13	13
Energy	1531	1268	1211	1227	1054	1123	1139	1278	1200	1149	1244	1558	1488	1176	1087	1163	1411	994	1333	1022	930	984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:29PM 0.78					8:12AM 1.37				8:25PM 0.76				9:01AM 1.43				9:20PM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)			2:06PM 0.26			1:14AM 0.12					3:02PM 0.19				2:02AM 0.11				3:56PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	18	16	16	16	16	17	19	20	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	18	16	16	16	16	17	19	20	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	22	26	7	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro 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
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1537	1531	1531	1304	1399	1268	1235	1242	1211	1195	1144	1227	1063	1068	1054	1052	1126	1123	1174	1153	1139	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												7:29PM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)							2:06PM 0.26											1:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	5	22	22	22	26	26	26	7	7	7	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-