Anakena
Easter Island Province, Valparaiso Region, Chile
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 8:29 pm5.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6.4
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
5.4
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
5.9
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
5.5
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
5.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
6.2
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.5
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
5.1
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
5.0
20 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
5.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 21°C69°F
- Water
- 20°C68°F
- Wind
- 2415 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 5132 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 8:29 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 3 am, 0.5 m1 ft
- Low 9 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
- High 4 pm, 0.5 m1 ft
- Low 10 pm, <0.1 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun6.9 GoodBest 1 pm to 9 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 4%
- Mon7.3 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 2%
- Tue5.8 GoodBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 17%
- Wed4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 51%
- Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 6%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Anakena
Anakena is a beach located in the Valparaiso Region of Chile. It is situated on Rapa Nui and has an area of 23,293 square meters. The beach is 318 meters long and has a sandy surface.
Anakena is a white coral sand beach in Rapa Nui National Park on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. Anakena has two ahus; Ahu-Ature has a single moai and Ahu Nao-Nao has seven, two of which have deteriorated. It also has a palm grove and a car park.
A possible meaning of Anakena could be cave ("ana" in Rapa Nui language) of kena, an autochthonous name by which the masked booby (Sula dactylatra) is known, a sea bird that still nests in the island, forming an important part of the local spiritual and natural landscape. Actually the real name of the beach and the small bay is Hanga Mori o One, also called Hanga Rau Ariki or Kings Bay, in honor of the first founder. The name by which the beach is actually known comes from a nearby cave where it seems that Hotu Matu’a could have been installed while building a house for him.
Source: Anakena on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms210 m670 ft away
- Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 190 m620 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 150 m500 ft
- SurfaceSand
Nearby places
- Taote ote KaiFish150 m500 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Ovahe0.9 km0.5 mi east away5.7 Good later
- Playa Ure7.5 km4.7 mi south away6.0 Good later
- Haŋa Vare Vare13 km8.2 mi south-west away5.7 Good later
- Pea13 km8.4 mi south-west away5.7 Good later
- Poza amarilla15 km9.6 mi south-west away5.7 Good later