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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	Sun	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	19	18	17	16	16	15
Energy	841	689	555	508	428	430	449	598	532	951	1692	2121	2530	2727	2399	2505	2807	2397	2758	2045	1920	1303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 0.89	4:53PM 1.00		6:06AM 0.99	5:51PM 0.93		6:52AM 1.08	6:43PM 0.87		7:34AM 1.15	7:30PM 0.82		8:11AM 1.20		8:13PM 0.77	8:47AM 1.24		8:54PM 0.74	9:22AM 1.25		9:33PM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45PM 0.21	10:50AM 0.43		11:31PM 0.21	12:05PM 0.41		12:12AM 0.20	1:09PM 0.37		12:48AM 0.21		2:03PM 0.34	1:22AM 0.21		2:51PM 0.31	1:55AM 0.22		3:33PM 0.29	2:27AM 0.24		4:14PM 0.28	2:59AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	18	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17
Low °C	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	20	17	17	19	16	16	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	18	19	20	18	19	21	18	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	6	8	16	15	6	6	24	22	20	19	18	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24			Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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 Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Las Machas 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15
Energy	955	805	868	841	808	777	689	674	555	549	519	508	501	433	428	437	430	472	511	449	454	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:51PM 1.07					5:10AM 0.89			4:53PM 1.00					6:06AM 0.99				5:51PM 0.93				6:52AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)			10:45PM 0.21				10:50AM 0.43					11:31PM 0.21				12:05PM 0.41				12:12AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	16	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	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 Buey Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	961	958	955	955	983	805	805	882	868	849	852	841	830	818	808	798	786	777	694	695	689	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.07														5:10AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)									10:45PM 0.21												10:50AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-