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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	Mon	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon 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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	19	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	12	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	558	862	1828	2834	2610	3686	2884	1567	2336	2016	1190	1496	1226	647	911	1129	578	929	798	381	900	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:20AM 1.03		9:29PM 1.18	9:59AM 1.10		10:10PM 1.03	10:37AM 1.06		10:43PM 1.06	11:09AM 1.09		11:18PM 0.98	11:43AM 1.20		11:59PM 1.07		12:17PM 1.18	12:25AM 0.83		12:54PM 1.15	1:00AM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 0.20	3:14PM 0.26		3:49AM 0.19	4:01PM 0.24		4:21AM 0.03	4:50PM 0.09		4:48AM 0.06	5:27PM 0.27		5:14AM 0.24		6:16PM 0.45	5:51AM 0.44		6:51PM 0.35	6:07AM 0.32		7:37PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	23	21	22	24	21	22	23	21	23	22	21	22	23	21	23	24	22	23	24	21
Low °C	20	22	22	21	21	23	21	20	23	21	21	22	21	21	23	21	22	23	21	21	23	21
Chill °C (?)	21	23	23	21	22	24	21	22	23	21	23	22	21	22	23	21	23	24	22	23	24	21
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	12	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	20	19	12	16	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	16	13	21	12	16	15	9	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Mon		Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caleta Loa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	19	18	19	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	356	666	558	557	519	671	1272	1828	1383	1999	3880	3256	4186	4229	2871	2230	2068	3239	2884	2418	2294	2244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	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)		8:46PM 1.21					9:29AM 0.93				9:33PM 1.08				10:04AM 1.00				10:07PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)					3:16AM 0.20				3:25PM 0.12				3:49AM 0.19				4:08PM 0.39				4:19AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	20	20	20	23	23	19	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	20	20	23	23	19	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47
Sunset	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	18	13	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	15	15	22	21	19	19	16	19	16	12	16	13	16	13	14	14	14	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 30	Tuesday 31
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	El Buey Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caleta Loa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	367	686	686	676	666	666	414	525	236	558	552	557	557	582	684	469	505	671	713	760	768	861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						8:46PM 1.21													9:20AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)													3:16AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	23	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	22	20	20	20	21	19	20	20	21	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	22	20	20	20	21	19	20	20	21	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	12	15	12	15	15	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-