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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	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	El Loa Tarapaca	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1700	3273	4507	3039	3815	3066	1461	1989	1647	792	800	721	835	1493	1329	682	1031	1014	1215	1965	1722	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			6:37PM 1.06	7:16AM 0.71		7:40PM 1.28	8:22AM 0.59		8:13PM 1.16	8:53AM 1.02		9:01PM 1.09	9:27AM 1.10		9:35PM 1.38	9:53AM 1.01		10:01PM 1.21	10:27AM 1.09		10:43PM 1.07	11:11AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 0.48		1:51AM 0.44		1:01PM 0.32	2:37AM 0.51		1:29PM 0.40	2:58AM 0.33	3:08AM 0.45	2:32PM 0.21		3:37AM 0.41	3:13PM 0.45		3:54AM 0.23	3:44PM 0.26		4:22AM 0.20	4:26PM 0.24		5:00AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	25	22	24	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23
Low °C	22	24	22	22	24	21	22	23	21	22	23	21	22	23	21	22	23	21	21	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23	25	22	24	24	22	23	24	22	23	24	22	23
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	11	20	19	18	18	16	18	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Baul Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1289	1404	1634	1644	3987	3019	4069	4684	4512	3421	3867	3519	2597	2564	2229	3308	3066	2850	2471	2373	1646	1309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:08AM 0.66				6:37PM 1.06				7:54AM 0.57				7:30PM 1.11				8:04AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 0.49			11:55AM 0.37					2:00AM 0.56				12:52PM 0.60				2:27AM 0.38				1:45PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	24	23	22	23	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	24	23	22	23	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	22	21	21	21	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 13
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Baul Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	21	12	12	21	21	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18
Energy(?)	1090	1220	1289	1286	1438	1107	1384	1630	1634	1383	2574	2574	1700	2240	2240	2412	3273	3273	3364	3567	4193	3108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)										6:34AM 0.83												6:49PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)															11:43AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	25	24	24	24	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	25	24	24	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	19	19	13	19	19	13	19	19	19	19	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	13	13	20	13	13	20	13	13	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-