Tarapaca Surf

Detailed Tarapaca 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 Tarapaca. 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 Tarapaca. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Tarapaca over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Tarapaca and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Tarapaca 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 Tarapaca Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Tarapaca coastline are also listed below.

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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	202	408	728	455	774	336	365	939	2037	1380	2480	2537	1586	3456	2763	908	1753	1649	470	818	684	1177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.01	2:23AM 0.75		3:31PM 1.05		3:59AM 0.85	4:31PM 1.19		5:24AM 0.69	5:51PM 1.19		6:59AM 0.92		7:06PM 1.37	7:49AM 0.84		5:56PM 1.03	8:38AM 0.94		8:51PM 1.38	9:26AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13AM 0.12	8:59PM 0.37	8:02AM 0.33		10:38PM 0.54	9:23AM 0.56		11:54PM 0.37	10:39AM 0.41		1:04AM 0.32		12:22PM 0.55	2:03AM 0.41		1:22PM 0.34			2:35PM 0.16		3:22AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	22	23	24	22	22	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	21	23	24	23	23	24	22	23
Low °C	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	22	21	23	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	23	24	22	22	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	21	23	24	23	23	24	22	23
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	5:45	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	7	15	12	12	12	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	12	14	12	13	16	15	10	17	14	-	18	14	-	-	13	16	11	12	18	12	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	601	531	470	276	533	231	407	667	728	783	854	854	441	437	378	604	617	550	534	896	460	822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 0.62				2:13PM 1.37				2:23AM 0.75					3:21PM 1.34				3:45AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)				7:11AM 0.27				8:59PM 0.37				8:02AM 0.33					10:25PM 0.39				9:23AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	15	10	15	10	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	17	16	12	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 24
	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	569	474	416	478	357	307	302	483	470	470	276	276	202	269	269	389	408	408	443	568	407	426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					1:40AM 0.70													12:12PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)											7:11AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	10	15	10	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	14	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	15	15	15	12	15	12	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	10	-	2	2