Las Machas Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report and Surf Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Local time:
Condition Rating
LOTUS Forecast
Surf Height
6-8FT
Overhead to well overhead
LOTUS Forecast
Swell
5.3FT15s
SW225º
3.8FT11s
SW229º
1.7FT7s
SSW196º
LOTUS Forecast
Wind
3KTSS
3kts gusts, Onshore
Model Forecast
Tide
3.9FT
Temperature
64°F
67ºF
3/2mm wetsuit
Las Machas Surf Forecast
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Las Machas Surf Guide
Las Machas is a long beach that starts in Chile and ends in Peru. It's mostly a great training ground for less-experienced surfers, but during huge winter swells, it serves also as a decompression valve from the morning sessions in one or more of the bigger, gnarlier waves of Arica. Wind works like clockwork in Arica: no wind in the morning, then at around midday or 1pm, winds start to pick up and blow out the best waves in town (Gringo and Buey). Machas works pretty much all day, so the afterno... Read more