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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	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon		Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	4	0	4	0	1	4	1	1	4	1	1	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.8 SSW	0.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	11	10	15	18	13	12	12	16	14	18	12	13	12	12	14	13	18	13	16	16
Energy	383	394	99	53	1314	45	1112	1011	1128	50	1251	64	607	1010	298	378	1517	618	2023	1148	1200	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:35AM 1.18		8:40PM 0.93	9:10AM 1.22		9:17PM 0.88	9:44AM 1.24		9:53PM 0.82	10:17AM 1.24		10:28PM 0.77	10:51AM 1.22		11:04PM 0.72	11:26AM 1.19		11:44PM 0.68	12:05PM 1.15		4:16PM 0.96	1:05PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		2:56PM 0.28	2:35AM 0.20		2:30PM 0.12	3:04AM 0.22		4:21PM 0.28	3:32AM 0.25		5:01PM 0.30	4:00AM 0.28		5:42PM 0.32	4:29AM 0.32		6:26PM 0.35		5:01AM 0.36	7:15PM 0.38		5:47AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	18	20	21	18	16	20	18	19	20	18	15	21	15	15	22	15	13	21	14	14
Low °C	20	20	18	18	19	18	14	19	17	17	19	18	14	20	15	14	20	14	13	20	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	20	21	18	14	20	18	19	20	18	14	21	15	15	22	13	10	21	12	12
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	5:35	-	6:17	5:35	-	6:17	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	8	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	10	18	-	13	16	15	12	18	-	18	24	15	13	20	17	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	18	-	4	4

	Thursday 30							Friday 01								Saturday 02					Sun	Sat
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6:30AM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Capilla Tarapaca
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 W	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	9	9	9	10	8	8	16	16	16	10	11	16	14	14	14	13	13	18	14	13	12
Energy	516	400	397	286	394	264	225	368	435	349	53	40	25	1601	1616	1452	1407	1267	80	16	1460	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:35AM 1.18				8:40PM 0.93				9:10AM 1.22				9:17PM 0.88				9:44AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 0.19				1:47PM 0.14				2:35AM 0.20				3:39PM 0.27				3:04AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	20	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	13	18
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	16	16	9	9	10	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Thursday 30	Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	12:30PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	La Capilla Tarapaca
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	10	9	9	8	11	11	14	8
Energy	525	517	516	516	442	400	415	397	397	378	51	51	51	381	394	341	305	264	101	63	425	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:35AM 1.18												8:40PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 0.19												2:56PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	23	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-