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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	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	20	14	13	13	11	16	16	15	15	13	14	16	16	15	14
Energy	1468	1531	1211	1123	1200	1244	1176	1411	1368	984	978	631	531	608	552	608	515	481	485	438	377	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		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		11:12PM 0.74	11:33AM 1.40		12:12AM 0.75	12:25PM 1.32		1:15AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)	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	4:37AM 0.16		6:33PM 0.13		5:34AM 0.22	7:25PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	16	18	20	18	18	19	17	19	20	17	18	19	17	20	20	17	18	19	18
Low °C	16	16	18	16	16	19	16	16	19	16	16	18	16	16	19	16	18	19	16	16	19	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	16	18	20	18	18	19	17	19	20	17	18	19	17	20	20	17	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	11	11	16	15	15	13	14	12	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	22	7	25	24	22	21	20	20	18	18	11	16	10	10	9	9	9	16	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	3	3

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	La Puntilla Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	21	13	12	12	12
Energy	1788	1718	1651	1468	1552	1412	1531	1257	1211	1227	1054	1123	1139	1278	1200	1149	1244	1558	1488	1176	964	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 0.81				7:23AM 1.27				7:29PM 0.78					8:12AM 1.37				8:25PM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)				12:28AM 0.15					2:06PM 0.26			1:14AM 0.12					3:02PM 0.19				2:02AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	19	16	16	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	19	16	16	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11
Sunset	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	22	5	22	7	7	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	22	21	21	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Atacama	Las Machas Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Buey 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Buey Atacama	El Toro Viejo Atacama
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1883	1859	1788	1765	1741	1718	1718	1651	1651	1618	1596	1468	1449	1552	1552	1552	1412	1412	1537	1531	1531	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:30PM 0.81													7:23AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)											12:28AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	22	22	22	5	5	5	22	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-