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Buchupureo

Biobío · Intermediate Poor
1.2m
1/10
9s 15 km/h
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Buchupureo - surf spot in Biobío
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About Buchupureo

Buchupureo is a small, quiet coastal town in south-central Chile, an ideal destination for the surfer looking for quality waves away from the crowds. The area offers several options combining beach break and point break, with a long left that shapes up well and offers good rides when the swell comes in. Its great appeal is the setting: dark-sand beaches, green hills and almost virgin landscapes that give it a rural, peaceful character, very different from the more touristy beach towns. The waves are consistent and its best season runs from autumn to winter, between April and September, when south swells arrive. The water is cold, so a wetsuit is recommended all year. For those traveling the central coast of Chile in search of uncrowded points, nature and good lefts, Buchupureo is a charming, authentic stop.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 Autumn and winter (April to September) ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-36.0774°, -72.7989° Biobío
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Buchupureo — Biobío

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:01

Poor
1/10

Waves

1.2m

8.0s period

Primary Swell

0.8m

8.8s WSW

Wind

15 km/h

Gusts 34 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.4m

7.4s SW

Temp.

13.4°C

🥶 4/3mm

UV

0.4

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 07:49
↓ 19:42
🌙
↑ 08:30
↓ 23:44
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 08:37 - 0.13m

Today's Tides

High Tide

01:57

1.03m

Low Tide

08:37

0.13m

High Tide

14:21

0.68m

Low Tide

19:56

0.19m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.2m-1.2m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.2m-1.5m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
11 km/h
🌗

Fri

1.2m-1.5m

8s

WSW WSW WSW
10 km/h
🌗

Sat

1.3m-2.1m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
16 km/h
🌗

Sun

2.1m-2.3m

8s

WSW WSW WSW
20 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.7m-2.2m

7s

W W WSW
12 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.9m-1.7m

7s

WSW WSW W
8 km/h
🌖

Wed

0.9m-2.6m

7s

W W W
26 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.6m-3.2m

8s

W W W
20 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.0m-0.0m

9 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

6 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 01:57 (1.03m) 08:37 (0.13m) 14:21 (0.68m) 19:56 (0.19m)
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

250° WSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

248° WSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

249° WSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

252° WSW
Period: 8s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
Tides: 02:45 (0.96m) 09:30 (0.26m) 15:06 (0.60m) 20:40 (0.29m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

254° WSW
Period: 9s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 4s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

254° WSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 67 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

255° WSW
Period: 8s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 62 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.5m

253° WSW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 67 kJ
Tides: 03:30 (0.88m) 11:15 (0.29m) 16:30 (0.48m) 21:10 (0.36m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

254° WSW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 62 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

253° WSW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 53 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

252° WSW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 53 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

255° WSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 78 kJ
Tides: 05:15 (0.89m) 13:00 (0.34m) 18:50 (0.54m) 23:30 (0.45m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

246° WSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

246° WSW
Period: 9s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

246° WSW
Period: 9s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 4s
⚡ 115 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 2.1m

248° WSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 102 kJ
Tides: 06:40 (0.95m) 14:20 (0.24m) 20:00 (0.52m)
Morning Poor

2.3m - 2.3m

253° WSW
Period: 8s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 166 kJ
Midday Poor

2.3m - 2.3m

268° W
Period: 7s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 127 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.2m - 2.2m

267° W
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 4s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Good

2.2m - 2.3m

249° WSW
Period: 8s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 152 kJ
Tides: 01:06 (0.30m) 07:45 (0.87m) 14:56 (0.05m) 20:50 (0.51m)
Morning Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

255° WSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 87 kJ
Midday Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

269° W
Period: 7s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 70 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

272° W
Period: 7s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 70 kJ
At night Good

2.0m - 2.2m

256° WSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 96 kJ
Tides: 01:56 (0.16m) 08:30 (0.92m) 15:19 (-0.05m) 21:15 (0.58m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

272° W
Period: 7s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 41 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

263° W
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

265° W
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.7m

267° W
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 41 kJ
Morning Poor

1.1m - 1.4m

246° WSW
Period: 7s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

1.6m - 1.8m

247° WSW
Period: 7s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 62 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.1m - 2.2m

257° WSW
Period: 7s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 106 kJ
At night Poor

1.6m - 2.6m

257° WSW
Period: 7s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 62 kJ
Morning Fair

3.0m - 3.1m

265° W
Period: 8s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 283 kJ
Midday Fair

3.1m - 3.1m

265° W
Period: 8s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 302 kJ
Afternoon Good

3.1m - 3.2m

264° W
Period: 8s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 302 kJ
At night Epic

2.8m - 3.0m

261° W
Period: 7s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 189 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
15 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 16 Sep 08:00 1.2m 8s 0.9m / 9s WSW 16 km/h 0.5m / 7s SW - - 0.0 2.4 km 0.15m
2
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 1.2m 8s 0.8m / 9s WSW 15 km/h 0.4m / 7s SW - - 0.4 10+ km 0.14m
1
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 1.2m 8s 0.8m / 9s WSW 13 km/h 0.4m / 7s WSW - - 1.6 4.1 km 0.22m
1
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 1.2m 8s 0.8m / 9s WSW 15 km/h 0.5m / 6s WSW - - 3.2 10+ km 0.35m
1
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 1.2m 8s 0.7m / 9s WSW 15 km/h 0.5m / 6s W - 0.09 m/s 4.7 6.5 km 0.50m
1
Wed 16 Sep 13:00 1.2m 7s 0.7m / 9s WSW 16 km/h 0.4m / 7s W - - 5.8 10+ km 0.62m
1

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Surf information for Buchupureo

Buchupureo is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Biobío, Chile. The bottom surface is arena y roca. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is Autumn and winter (April to September).

Today's conditions at Buchupureo

Right now, Buchupureo has waves of about 1.2m with a swell period of 9 seconds and S (15 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Buchupureo you can practice surf, bodyboard and longboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Buchupureo is around 14 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit with boots is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Buchupureo

Is the wave at Buchupureo a left or a right?
Buchupureo offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Buchupureo?
Buchupureo is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Buchupureo?
The best season to surf at Buchupureo is Autumn and winter (April to September).
Where is Buchupureo located?
Buchupureo is located in Biobío, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Buchupureo?
The water is around 14 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit with boots is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard

Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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