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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	Wed		Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	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	El Loa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon 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	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	21	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	971	759	503	664	738	720	1374	1577	781	1192	883	429	761	1381	2395	3782	3553	2135	2471	2344	1706	2063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	off	on	glass	off	on	on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:14PM 1.14	11:42AM 1.25		11:46PM 1.15		12:14PM 1.11	12:20AM 1.05		12:58PM 1.26	1:02AM 1.11		1:32PM 1.09	1:28AM 0.85		2:16PM 1.07	2:25AM 0.61		3:19PM 1.18		1:25AM 0.47	4:16PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	4:57PM 0.06		5:39AM 0.33	5:36PM 0.25		6:01AM 0.22		6:20PM 0.31	6:39AM 0.42		7:13PM 0.52	6:58AM 0.31		7:54PM 0.43	7:27AM 0.36		9:00PM 0.33	8:14AM 0.58		10:08PM 0.53	8:29PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	24	25	23	23	24	22	24	23	22	23	24	22	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	24
Low °C	24	22	22	24	21	21	22	22	23	23	21	22	23	21	22	24	22	22	23	21	21	24
Chill °C (?)	24	22	24	25	23	23	24	22	24	23	22	23	24	22	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	8:05	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	6:01	-	8:00	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	13	16	12	10	16	12	15	15	15	13	24	23	21	11	12	11	21	12	18	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04				Thursday 05								Friday 06									Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	11	14	12	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	948	865	633	855	759	854	833	744	487	549	533	647	738	875	955	1067	1280	770	758	1691	1556	1320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:05AM 0.95				11:10PM 1.24				11:42AM 1.25				11:46PM 1.15					12:20PM 1.26				12:20AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)			4:58PM 0.37				5:32AM 0.19				5:43PM 0.41					6:01AM 0.22				6:20PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	24	23	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	24	23	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	13	18	18	16	16	16	16	11	10	10	17	16	12	15	11	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	961	961	663	1001	986	971	955	941	633	633	616	855	855	771	759	759	701	538	528	833	833	833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:04AM 1.21												11:10PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)								4:52PM 0.22													3:26AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	18	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-