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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	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	21	19	18	18	16	14	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	19	19
Energy(?)	1337	1577	699	1192	983	396	771	1372	2029	3124	3223	2297	2772	3049	2147	2366	1972	946	1174	1229	3319	2912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:24AM 0.94		12:52PM 1.11	12:54AM 0.95		1:32PM 1.09	1:28AM 0.85		2:23PM 1.21	2:08AM 0.76		3:10PM 1.04		3:02AM 0.69	4:16PM 1.02		5:02AM 0.81	5:44PM 1.19	3:49PM 0.80	6:08AM 0.66
Low Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.14	6:39AM 0.42		7:05PM 0.37	6:58AM 0.31		7:54PM 0.43	7:30AM 0.23		8:52PM 0.49	8:07AM 0.29		10:08PM 0.53	8:46AM 0.45		12:01AM 0.66	10:19AM 0.66			11:18AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	24	25	23	24	24	22	24	24	24	24	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24
Low °C	24	21	22	24	22	22	23	21	22	24	23	22	23	21	21	24	21	21	23	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	24	22	24	25	23	24	24	22	24	24	24	24	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	6:01	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	18	16	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	24	23	21	11	11	11	22	18	18	-	15	-	24	24	21	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	22	21	21	20
Energy(?)	1280	1250	758	1691	1577	1320	1232	1196	689	580	1124	567	983	868	704	691	390	427	624	1012	1372	1570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:17PM 1.01				12:20AM 1.05				12:58PM 1.26				12:54AM 0.95				1:38PM 1.24				1:28AM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)				6:20PM 0.31				6:30AM 0.26				7:09PM 0.19				6:58AM 0.31				5:53PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	22	22	22	22	21	22	24	23	24	20	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	22	22	22	21	22	24	23	24	20	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	13	13	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Puerto Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	936	1280	751	1264	1257	1337	1359	1329	1034	708	1699	1039	1599	1577	1577	1534	719	709	708	1261	1232	1214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				12:14PM 1.11												12:20AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)										6:27PM 0.46												6:30AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	19	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	19	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	12	15	16	16	15	15	15	12	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-