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	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3238	3371	2962	1458	2280	1702	1736	2663	1320	1111	1219	1319	1388	2189	1982	1687	2536	1458	1180	1651	822	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	off	on	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	on	cross	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 1.09		7:53AM 1.19	7:45PM 1.09				8:26PM 1.07	8:57AM 1.22		9:16PM 1.19	9:44AM 1.46			10:19AM 1.35		10:35PM 0.90	11:10AM 1.51		11:32PM 0.98	11:55AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 0.38		1:43AM 0.38	1:53PM 0.46				2:28PM 0.26	2:34AM 0.16		3:15PM 0.21	3:16AM 0.31		4:04PM 0.19			4:55PM 0.19	4:19AM 0.17		5:59PM 0.38		5:01AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	22	21	23	20	22	23	20	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	22	20	21	22	20	21
Low °C	21	23	20	20	22	19	20	22	19	20	22	20	19	22	21	20	22	19	19	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	21	23	20	22	23	20	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	22	20	21	22	20	21
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	18	18	18	15	16	16	16	17	14	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	3083	3178	2138	2275	3371	3287	2490	2962	2727	2691	2444	1438	1445	2280	2624	2523	2870	2876	1736	1596	1421	2284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	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)		7:08AM 0.91								7:44AM 1.02				7:45PM 1.09					8:29AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				1:06PM 0.52				1:32AM 0.23				1:53PM 0.46					2:02AM 0.19				2:39PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	22	22	23	21	18	20	20	20	22	22	21	20	19	20	20	20	22	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	22	23	21	18	20	20	20	22	22	21	20	19	20	20	20	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Brazo Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Brazo Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16
Energy(?)	2998	2929	1927	2089	3074	3178	3137	3139	3238	3238	3456	2275	2247	3371	2982	3329	3329	3287	1998	1973	1973	3001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)																		7:04PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)											12:52PM 0.38	1:06PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	21	23	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	21	23	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-