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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Atacama Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	3	3	1	3	4	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	12	15	15	13	13	10	16	15	15	13	13	13	17	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	152	1072	1051	160	789	797	948	878	911	79	739	730	951	478	470	529	635	722	792	540	538	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 0.76		4:28PM 1.00		1:00PM 0.57	5:23PM 0.98		6:28AM 0.98	6:15PM 0.97		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		7:49AM 1.22	7:54PM 0.91	6:45PM 0.74	8:31AM 1.32		8:43PM 0.88	1:57PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44AM 0.52	7:58AM 0.38	10:44PM 0.33	10:07AM 0.51		5:45AM 0.35	6:09PM 0.49		11:59PM 0.24	12:24PM 0.40		12:35AM 0.20		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		2:15PM 0.26	1:11PM 0.14		3:07PM 0.20	2:29AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	22	20	16	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	19	21	20	16
Low °C	15	21	19	16	20	19	18	20	19	18	20	18	18	20	18	19	20	18	19	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	14	22	20	15	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	19	21	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:30	6:15	5:17	5:30	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	5:28	6:15	5:16	5:28	6:15	5:16	5:27	6:14	5:15	5:25	6:14	5:15	5:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	13	10	10	16	15	15	13	13	13	17	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	16	15	15	-	13	13	10	10	10	19	10	10	-	18	8	4	7	7	-	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 10				Mon		Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Mon		Tuesday 12				Wed
	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	4	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	18	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	13	16	16	16	14
Energy	1706	1646	1487	1387	50	171	186	964	847	893	892	891	155	153	119	1037	825	1028	922	848	754	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:57AM 0.68								4:58AM 0.76									5:46AM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)	9:58PM 0.36				8:44AM 0.52				10:44PM 0.33						5:45AM 0.35			10:31PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	20	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	15	16	16	19	18	18	18	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	20	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	14	15	16	19	18	18	18	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	13	10	10	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	11	11	15	14	10	10	10	24	22	21	17	13	16	16	16	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10											Mon	Sunday 10						Mon
	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3:30PM	4:30PM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Isla Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	4	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	14	14	14	15	15	15	14
Energy	2141	1938	1706	1706	3	152	151	1487	1487	1487	1521	1387	181	178	176	1317	1185	1157	1115	1055	637	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	cross	on	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)								3:57AM 0.68												3:31PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)																						7:05AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	18	15	15	18	18	17	18	18	14	14	14	22	22	21	22	21	21	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	14	14	18	18	17	18	18	13	13	13	22	22	21	22	21	21	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	10	14	14	15	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3