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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	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	21	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	14	15	14	13	10	10	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1916	3092	2713	3327	3262	2162	2550	2578	720	1055	860	546	743	745	604	963	963	524	737	718	443	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	on	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	on	cross	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:51AM 0.79	1:37PM 1.06		3:30AM 0.52		2:58PM 0.92	3:57AM 0.68		3:53PM 0.90			4:28PM 1.00		5:46AM 0.86	5:23PM 0.98		6:39AM 0.88	6:23PM 0.88		7:08AM 1.10	7:05PM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 0.53	6:22AM 0.45		9:38PM 0.24	7:24AM 0.49		9:58PM 0.36	9:12AM 0.43		11:02PM 0.18	10:07AM 0.51		11:23PM 0.29	11:21AM 0.47		11:59PM 0.24	12:37PM 0.30		12:46AM 0.09	1:21PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	21	21	22	21	22	20	20	21	20	21	21	20	23	21
Low °C	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	22	20	20	19	19	20	19	20	20	18	22	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	21	21	22	21	22	20	20	21	20	21	21	20	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:16	-	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:16	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	18	18	11	16	16	10	10	14	10	10	10	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	21	19	18	12	12	16	11	11	14	15	10	13	13	13	12	10	10	8	10	9	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Thursday 07					Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Puerto Atacama	Baul Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	21	13	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	12	11	14	14	14
Energy	1108	1332	1916	1535	3611	3006	3015	3144	3334	3347	3190	3433	3314	3002	2838	2839	2733	1898	1617	1416	1930	1687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 1.26				1:29AM 0.63	2:06AM 0.51								2:43AM 0.64				2:58PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)					8:36PM 0.24			6:22AM 0.45					9:05PM 0.39			7:24AM 0.49					9:58PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	18	17	19	20	19	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	18	17	19	20	19	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	15	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Puerto Atacama	Baul Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	21	12	21	21	20	20	14	15	14	14	13	13	20	19	18	18	19	19
Energy	1041	891	1108	1059	1336	1357	2023	1867	1898	2258	2441	2544	2346	2736	2591	2677	2750	3092	3094	3038	3258	3272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			2:06AM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)													8:08PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	22	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	22	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	7	18	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-