Tarapaca Surf

Tarapaca Surf Forecast

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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	El Loa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	11	11	17	16	15	14	14	15
Energy	1165	1357	1415	1436	1357	930	1150	1070	1012	1233	1095	1384	887	927	560	410	477	513	575	527	522	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:44PM 1.00		6:42AM 1.07	6:43PM 0.72		7:30AM 1.18	7:31PM 0.65		8:17AM 1.26		8:26PM 0.62	9:08AM 1.32		9:39PM 0.69	10:02AM 1.37		10:35PM 0.69	10:45AM 1.29		11:31PM 0.68	11:47AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		11:54PM 0.11	1:18PM 0.23		12:39AM 0.09		2:08PM 0.14	1:17AM 0.04		3:10PM 0.06	2:03AM 0.01		4:03PM 0.29	3:09AM 0.03		4:55PM 0.27	4:02AM 0.04		5:52PM -0.03	4:57AM 0.07		6:43PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	22	20	21	19	19	22	21	18	23	21	21	22	20	23	20	20	19	20	20
Low °C	19	20	20	21	19	19	19	18	19	20	17	19	19	20	21	20	22	18	20	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	22	20	21	19	19	22	21	18	23	21	21	22	20	23	20	20	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	11	11	17	10	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	5	5	6	8	8	26	24	23	21	21	20	12	18	17	16	10	16	9	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1542	1190	1165	1583	999	1357	1647	1509	1415	1493	1436	1515	1331	1357	1272	1214	930	1042	1150	878	1053	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:29PM 0.71				6:42AM 1.07				6:43PM 0.72				7:30AM 1.18				7:44PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		12:18PM 0.55				11:54PM 0.11				1:18PM 0.23				12:39AM 0.09					2:08PM 0.14			1:17AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	18	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	19	20	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	18	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	19	20	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	7	8	22	28	8	26	26	26	26	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caletita Buena Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	La Capilla Tarapaca	La Cosa Tarapaca	Caramucho Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca	Barrancon Tarapaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Energy	1557	1542	1542	1523	1190	1190	1175	1165	1165	1135	1050	1583	1393	1694	999	1538	1336	1357	1374	1626	1647	1619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										5:44PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)					12:18PM 0.55											11:50PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	17	18	18	21	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	17	18	18	21	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	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	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	-	4	11	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-