Surf Forecasts:
Chacopata surf forecast from 25 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 28 Aug, 5PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period, ENE swell with 7 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Chacopata this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Chacopata in the next 16 days are 0.6m 3s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 28) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Fri 28th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 3s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Chacopata over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Chacopata over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you, this is a tough run. The forecast is showing a big, flat gap for the next several days, with basically no surf to speak of. The combined energy is sitting at zero for most of the first part of the outlook, so we're looking at a long stretch of nothing. Don't bother paddling out from now until at least the end of August because it's all flat.
We don't really get a sniff of anything until the afternoon of the 3rd of September. Even then, it's not much. We see a tiny little swell pop up from the ENE, maybe about 2 feet, with a combined energy reading of just 8. The wind is onshore and fresh, blowing at 22 mph, making it messy. The water is a bit colder than average for the time of year, coming in at around 79°F. But honestly, that's about the only bit of news all period.
The best of a bad bunch, if you can even call it that, looks to be the afternoon of the 3rd of September at Chacopata. A weak, short-period swell from the ENE, just 2 feet with a period of 3 seconds. It’s not going to be pretty, but it's the biggest wave height we see. The wind is onshore though, so it's not going to be clean. For such a small, weak swell, the reef setup might just about give you a rideable little wave, but don't expect much. The crowds are listed as sometimes, so on a tiny day like that, you might have it to yourself, or close to it. For more consistent waves, we’d need to see the swell direction match up better with the optimum from the NE, but it just never comes together.
After that little blip, it's back to tiny waves and onshore wind right through to the 9th of September. There’s a couple of days where the period creeps up a little—like the morning of the 7th with a 7-second period and the morning of the 9th with an 8-second period—but the swell height is almost nothing, just 0.3 feet. It's a real shame. For an exposed reef like Chacopata, you need some proper energy, and it's just not there.
So, to sum it up: we've got a massive flat spell to start, a very tiny, windy window on the 3rd of September, and then back to nothing. It’s a tough stretch.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the E by Wed night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | ||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 3 | — | ENE 2 | ENE 3 | NE 7 | — | NE 3 | NE 8 | — | ENE 3 | E 2 | — | NE 3 | E 2 | ENE 2 | NE 3 | — | — | NE 3 | E 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:39PM0.14m | 4:27AM0.35m | 6:12PM0.17m | 5:05AM0.35m | 6:41PM0.19m | 5:42AM0.33m | 7:07PM0.22m | 6:18AM0.31m | 7:25PM0.25m | 6:51AM0.27m | 7:39PM0.28m | 7:23AM0.23m | 7:54PM0.30m | |||||||
Low Tide | 6:54PM0.14m | 1:18PM0.07m | 7:52PM0.16m | 1:30PM0.09m | 9:19PM0.18m | 1:32PM0.11m | 00:06AM0.19m | 1:38PM0.13m | 1:33AM0.17m | 1:52PM0.14m | 2:34AM0.14m | 2:12PM0.14m | 3:29AM0.11m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:24 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
Feels °C | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | NE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 3 | — | ENE 2 | ENE 3 | — | — | NE 3 | — | — | ENE 3 | E 2 | — | NE 3 | E 2 | ENE 2 | NE 3 | — | — | NE 3 | — |
| kJ | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 349 | 60 | 269 | 269 | 60 | 165 | 261 | 260 | 269 | 269 | 260 | 843 | 269 | 260 | 269 | 269 | 78 | 165 | 261 | 261 |
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