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 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	El Chinchorro Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Boca del Rio Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	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
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	13	13	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	12
Energy	947	2240	3092	3497	3385	2503	2083	2550	2559	791	857	1140	747	936	850	606	917	917	527	721	712	368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:48PM 1.10		1:29AM 0.63	1:37PM 1.06		3:06AM 0.81		2:32PM 1.03	4:36AM 0.57		3:47PM 0.87	4:58AM 0.76	5:23AM 0.66	4:45PM 0.90		5:46AM 0.86	5:23PM 0.98		6:28AM 0.98	6:15PM 0.97		7:16AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 0.39	6:22AM 0.45		9:24PM 0.53	7:44AM 0.67		10:28PM 0.22	9:12AM 0.43		10:44PM 0.33	10:32AM 0.42		11:39PM 0.15	11:21AM 0.47		11:59PM 0.24	12:24PM 0.40		12:46AM 0.09	1:31PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	20	19	21	19	21	21	20	21	22	20	22	22	18	21	21	20	21	22	20	21
Low °C	19	22	19	17	20	18	20	20	18	19	21	18	19	20	18	19	20	19	19	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	20	19	21	19	21	21	20	21	22	20	22	22	18	21	21	20	21	22	20	21
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	5:19	-	6:10	5:17	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	5:17	-	6:15	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	14	12	11	18	11	11	16	11	10	14	11	13	13	10	15	15	15	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	11	19	18	12	16	16	11	16	14	9	15	16	17	16	12	10	10	9	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	12
Energy	824	840	933	1041	1108	1332	1687	2544	3611	3092	3052	3144	3256	3265	3158	3186	3226	3115	2746	2745	2083	1833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.65				12:58PM 1.26					2:06AM 0.47				2:04PM 0.92				2:43AM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)				5:37AM 0.40					8:36PM 0.24			6:22AM 0.45					9:05PM 0.39			7:24AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	18	20	20	20	19	17	19	18	19	21	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	18	20	20	20	19	17	19	18	19	21	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	17	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	20	18	18	18	18	15	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	11	17	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07
	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	Arenillas Negras Atacama	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Caramucho Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	El Chinchorro Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	21	21	12	12	12	12	21	20	20
Energy	846	836	824	762	814	579	621	833	791	714	971	1041	735	1033	1142	1223	1307	1357	1357	1867	2240	2383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:30AM 0.65												12:48PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)										5:56AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	18	22	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	18	22	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	6	18	18	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	21	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-