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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa 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	Baul Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Baul 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	Baul Tarapaca
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	8
Energy	422	588	638	1379	2068	2061	1291	2005	2005	1539	2460	1758	1119	1824	1797	875	1110	1214	361	672	711	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	glass	off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:59PM 1.24		2:57AM 0.69		3:18PM 1.33	4:36AM 0.91		4:42PM 1.03		5:37AM 0.82	5:42PM 1.00		6:40AM 1.10	6:33PM 1.25		7:18AM 1.03	7:17PM 1.04		7:59AM 1.11	8:00PM 0.99	8:06PM 1.17	8:41AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 0.30	8:06AM 0.40		10:38PM 0.43	9:51AM 0.59		11:44PM 0.08	11:04AM 0.41		12:18AM 0.23	12:26PM 0.53		1:06AM 0.34	1:17PM 0.33		1:34AM 0.19		2:09PM 0.30	2:14AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	21	22	21	20	22	21	22	21	20	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	20	22
Low °C	19	21	18	18	21	20	18	21	20	19	21	19	19	21	20	19	20	20	19	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	21	22	21	20	22	21	22	21	20	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	20	22
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	5:27	-	6:23	5:25	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	5:24	-	6:22	5:23	-	6:22	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	16	8	13	13	-	12	-	-	12	-	12	12	15	15	13	19	19	12	18	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	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	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	542	542	497	524	422	408	456	741	1230	829	1508	1442	1379	1224	1347	2144	1618	2007	2098	1877	1291	1297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:31AM 0.70					2:05PM 1.38				3:30AM 0.58				3:18PM 1.33				4:25AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 0.28			6:49AM 0.34					9:40PM 0.13				8:18AM 0.57				10:30PM 0.28				9:51AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	21	21	20	17	17	19	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	21	21	20	17	17	19	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	11	15	13	18	13	13	13	-	9	-	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	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	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	611	611	542	542	327	322	316	545	489	533	567	524	396	391	422	460	529	554	592	590	456	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						1:41AM 0.86												1:59PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-