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 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	El Colegio Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3238	3371	2962	1458	2280	2413	1736	2663	2547	1111	1219	1208	1715	2189	2009	1554	2536	2413	1081	1776	1769	898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 1.26		7:44AM 1.02	7:55PM 1.26		8:20AM 1.12			8:57AM 1.22		9:07PM 1.03	9:37AM 1.30		9:58PM 1.13	10:19AM 1.35		10:35PM 0.90	11:04AM 1.36			12:01PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			1:32AM 0.23	1:41PM 0.31		2:13AM 0.34		2:28PM 0.26			3:15PM 0.21	3:07AM 0.15		4:13PM 0.35	3:50AM 0.32		4:55PM 0.19	4:19AM 0.17				5:09AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	22	22	23	22	22	23	22	21	23	21	21	23	22	22	23	22	21	23	22	21
Low °C	21	23	20	20	22	21	20	22	21	20	22	20	20	22	20	20	22	21	20	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	22	23	22	22	23	22	21	23	21	21	23	22	22	23	22	21	23	22	21
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	5:31	-	6:25	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	5:30	-	6:27	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	1.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	18	18	18	15	15	16	16	13	16	13	15	12	13	13	13	19	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	2255	1644	3083	3178	2138	2112	3371	3287	2386	2962	2727	2691	2444	1438	1445	2280	2357	2680	2870	2900	2107	1596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:08AM 0.91				7:04PM 1.09				7:44AM 1.02				7:45PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13AM 0.43				1:06PM 0.52				1:32AM 0.23				1:53PM 0.46					2:02AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	23	22
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	11	11	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13	Tuesday 14
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2212	1914	2270	2270	1798	1644	2998	2929	2866	3149	3074	3178	3178	2165	2138	3238	3456	3413	3413	3371	2663	2040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:08AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)						1:13AM 0.43											12:52PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	22	22	20	20	21	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	24	24	24	24	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	22	22	20	20	21	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	24	24	24	24	23	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	17	18	14	14	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	11	18	18	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-