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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Brazo 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 Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	15	14	15	15	14	14	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	19	18	18	19	16	18	18	18
Energy	1669	2066	2656	2902	2498	2505	2720	2419	2602	2032	2097	1221	787	712	794	1486	1827	1547	1855	2232	2138	2755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		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	9:56AM 1.25		10:11PM 0.69	10:31AM 1.23		10:50PM 0.67	11:07AM 1.21		11:31PM 0.66	11:43AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		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		4:53PM 0.28	3:32AM 0.28		5:32PM 0.29	4:05AM 0.30		6:12PM 0.30	4:40AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	18
Low °C	17	19	17	17	19	16	16	18	17	17	18	16	16	18	16	17	19	16	17	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	19	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	17	19	20	17	18
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	14	14	12	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	18	18	16	16	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	26	24	24	22	20	19	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	19	15	22	19	19	6	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28							Friday 29								Saturday 30
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	20	19	19	19	18	18
Energy	1341	1355	1669	1891	2066	2495	2348	2656	3116	2978	2902	2561	2498	2535	2515	2505	2411	2603	2720	2499	2419	2487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:34AM 1.15				7:30PM 0.82					8:11AM 1.20				8:13PM 0.77				8:47AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)					2:03PM 0.34			1:22AM 0.21					2:51PM 0.31			1:55AM 0.22					3:33PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 S	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	-	26	17	26	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28	Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	959	1048	1341	1308	1407	1355	1431	1502	1669	1646	1804	1891	1891	2005	2066	1915	2742	2495	2837	2146	2348	2449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						7:34AM 1.15												7:30PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)													2:03PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	-	-	26	26	26	17	17	17	26	26	25
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-