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

	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras 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
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	13	17	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	20	14	13	13	11	13	16	16
Energy	848	1347	1511	1664	1500	1795	1823	1456	1531	1210	1123	1176	1244	1176	1411	1344	938	898	614	626	580	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 0.89		5:48AM 1.04	5:30PM 0.84		6:36AM 1.16	6:30PM 0.81		7:23AM 1.27	7:29PM 0.78		8:12AM 1.37		8:25PM 0.76	9:01AM 1.43		9:20PM 0.75	9:51AM 1.46		10:16PM 0.74	10:41AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		10:59PM 0.21	12:01PM 0.41		11:43PM 0.18	1:07PM 0.33		12:28AM 0.15		2:06PM 0.26	1:14AM 0.12		3:02PM 0.19	2:02AM 0.11		3:56PM 0.15	2:52AM 0.11		4:48PM 0.12	3:43AM 0.12		5:41PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	16	18	19	16	19	20	17	19	20	17	20	21	19	22	22
Low °C	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	15	16	18	16	16	19	16	16	19	16	17	20	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	16	18	19	16	19	20	17	19	20	17	20	21	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	17	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	11	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	19	13	-	-	-	5	5	6	22	7	25	24	22	21	20	20	18	18	11	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy	945	977	848	958	1104	1347	1421	1682	1511	1685	1664	1622	1540	1500	1616	1672	1795	1795	1823	1718	1668	1456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:28PM 0.89					5:48AM 1.04				5:30PM 0.84				6:36AM 1.16				6:30PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)	10:48AM 0.47				10:59PM 0.21					12:01PM 0.41				11:43PM 0.18				1:07PM 0.33				12:28AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	19	19	19	16	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10															Thursday 11
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	El Chinchorro 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 Chinchorro Atacama
Rating	3	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Energy	904	948	945	956	978	977	855	848	848	842	904	958	896	1179	1104	1104	1347	1347	1358	1369	1421	1631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									4:28PM 0.89													5:48AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			10:48AM 0.47												10:59PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-