Tarapaca Surf

Tarapaca Surf Forecast

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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	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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 Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	El Loa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	El Loa Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	11	17	15	15	15	14	15	13
Energy	1365	1419	1547	1355	1169	1150	1070	1012	1233	1005	1384	1286	901	532	416	402	300	481	576	531	424	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 1.07	6:43PM 0.72		7:27AM 1.17	7:31PM 0.65		8:17AM 1.26		8:39PM 0.67	9:08AM 1.32		9:39PM 0.69	10:00AM 1.35		10:35PM 0.69	10:54AM 1.36		11:20PM 0.62	11:47AM 1.32		12:30AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 0.09	1:18PM 0.23		12:39AM 0.09		2:08PM 0.14	1:17AM 0.04		3:10PM 0.06	2:16AM 0.03		3:58PM 0.02	3:09AM 0.03		4:55PM 0.27	4:02AM 0.04		5:50PM -0.02	4:46AM 0.05		6:39PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	22	22	20	20	19	18	22	21	19	24	19	21	22	21	22	22	22	17	21	20	19
Low °C	17	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	18	20	19	21	19	19	22	22	21	16	20	18	16
Chill °C (?)	19	22	22	20	20	19	18	22	21	19	24	19	21	22	21	22	22	22	17	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	11	17	15	15	15	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	4	5	11	7	26	26	24	23	21	21	20	20	18	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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 Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Baul Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Baul Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1165	1036	991	1365	1646	1513	1419	1479	1547	1559	1356	1355	1272	1214	1169	1002	1150	752	1053	1070	1022	1290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 1.00				6:42AM 1.07				6:43PM 0.72				7:30AM 1.18				7:40PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)				11:43PM 0.09				1:18PM 0.23				12:39AM 0.09					2:08PM 0.14			1:17AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	17	21	20	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	17	18	20	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	17	21	20	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	17	18	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11
Sunset	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	4	11	4	5	5	5	5	11	7	8	7	22	28	26	8	26	26	26	24	24	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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 Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Baul Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1175	1165	1165	1135	1476	1036	1393	1561	991	1513	1339	1365	1374	1386	1646	1627	1641	1513	1493	1456	1419	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:44PM 1.00													6:42AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)										11:50PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	17	18	17	21	17	21	18	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	17	18	17	21	17	21	18	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 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
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	-	11	11	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-