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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	PM	Night	PM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	PM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey 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	Arenillas Negras 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	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	4	1	5	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	13	15	14	13	13	12	16	21	21	14	18	18	16	16	16	12	14	14	13	13	13	16
Energy	343	431	1517	1031	1023	840	1440	1833	1884	691	3395	3147	2614	2231	2380	130	1143	1204	731	853	845	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 1.19		11:44PM 0.68	12:05PM 1.15	3:16AM 0.43		4:16PM 0.96		1:29AM 0.63	1:04AM 0.44		2:43AM 0.64	5:13PM 0.81		3:57AM 0.68		3:31PM 1.01	4:58AM 0.76		4:28PM 1.00		1:00PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 0.35		5:01AM 0.36	11:01PM 0.28	8:42AM 0.14			8:08PM 0.39	7:36PM 0.22		9:05PM 0.39			9:58PM 0.36	8:44AM 0.52		10:44PM 0.33	10:07AM 0.51		11:23PM 0.29	6:09PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	21	22	23	19	14	21	20	16	20	20	20	21	20	15	22	20	22	22	20	19
Low °C	16	17	19	19	21	18	14	20	19	15	20	19	18	20	18	15	21	19	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	17	21	22	23	19	12	21	20	15	20	20	20	21	20	14	22	20	22	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	5:35	-	5:21	-	6:17	-	5:34	6:16	5:20	5:32	6:16	5:19	-	6:16	5:19	5:30	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	15	14	13	13	12	16	12	12	14	18	18	11	11	16	12	11	11	13	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	21	13	13	20	18	-	15	15	-	12	12	16	16	10	-	14	14	10	17	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Tue		Wednesday 06			Thu		Wednesday 06			Thursday 07				Fri
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16
Energy	1129	1122	1339	1299	431	463	370	1587	1450	1236	1214	1026	2322	2635	1023	858	824	840	933	1041	1108	1254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:04PM 0.72				3:10AM 0.45				10:56PM 0.50				3:16AM 0.43				12:30AM 0.65				3:14AM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)			4:29AM 0.32		10:30PM 0.22			6:26PM 0.35				5:01AM 0.36	11:01PM 0.28			7:15PM 0.38				5:37AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	19	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	19	13	13	21	19	19	18	18	19	20	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	17	16	16	20	19	19	18	19	10	10	21	19	19	18	18	19	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	17	16	12	12	21	21	21	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Monday 04			Tuesday 05																		Wed
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	10:30PM	11:30PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1047	1057	1129	1102	383	343	343	1339	1339	1297	1290	1299	512	526	1359	1549	1761	1815	1794	1658	1619	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:04PM 0.72		3:24PM 1.05										11:26AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)									4:29AM 0.32				10:30PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	19	16	16	16	19	19	18	18	19	16	17	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	19	15	15	15	19	19	18	18	19	16	17	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	22	22	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4