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 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Punta Aguila Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Buey Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	10	10	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	15
Energy	3427	3385	2648	2067	2550	2416	726	708	1064	551	743	757	861	912	610	512	737	718	414	608	414	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 1.22		2:43AM 0.64		2:58PM 0.92	4:32AM 0.58		3:53PM 0.90	4:58AM 0.76		4:28PM 1.00		6:03AM 0.76	5:37PM 1.14		6:28AM 0.98	6:15PM 0.97		7:08AM 1.10	7:05PM 0.95		7:58AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			9:05PM 0.39	7:24AM 0.49		10:30PM 0.23	9:11AM 0.42		10:44PM 0.33	10:07AM 0.51		11:23PM 0.29	11:39AM 0.37		12:14AM 0.13	12:24PM 0.40		12:35AM 0.20	1:21PM 0.33		1:23AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	19	22	21	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	21	22	20
Low °C	17	20	19	20	20	19	20	20	19	20	20	19	18	22	18	20	20	18	20	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	19	21	19	22	21	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	22	20	21	21	22	20
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:12	5:17	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	5:16	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	18	11	11	16	11	10	14	10	10	10	10	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	12	16	16	11	16	15	9	15	13	13	13	10	15	9	8	10	9	13	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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	Baul Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	13	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	11	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Energy	2171	3006	3258	3144	3334	3279	3158	3016	3176	3002	2746	2745	2067	1574	1603	2134	1838	1662	1579	1417	726	759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:29AM 0.63					2:04PM 0.92				2:43AM 0.64				2:58PM 0.92				3:57AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 0.53			6:22AM 0.45					9:05PM 0.39			7:24AM 0.49					9:58PM 0.36				9:08AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	19	21	21	17	16	19	19	19	18	22	20	21	18	18	18	18	18	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	21	21	17	16	19	19	19	18	22	20	21	18	18	18	18	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07			Friday 08
	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	Baul Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	14	13	13	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Energy	1619	2736	2591	2677	3189	3092	3249	3187	3258	3272	3241	3144	3386	2138	3334	2957	3397	3293	3218	3200	2316	2300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							2:12AM 0.50											1:37PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 0.53										6:22AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	20	19	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	20	19	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	18	18	18	18	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-