Barrancon surf break

Barrancon surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 -04
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Barrancon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barrancon sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Barrancon today?

The current surf forecast for Barrancon at 7PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (15 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Barrancon. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151616161615151514141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1900180117761647188917761669188019292054188018321585142113821382136312711115947933919905891
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
S
5
E
0
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36PM
0.66
6:29AM
1.03
7:32PM
0.75
7:23AM
1.03
8:14PM
0.84
8:08AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
0.13
11:56PM
0.30
1:24PM
0.10
1:04AM
0.26
2:04PM
0.08
1:59AM
0.22
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-------7:07-------7:07-------7:05
Sunset--7:43-------7:44-------7:44-----
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020181818181920201918181818192121201818191819
Feels °C (?)191818171818171819181718181917182020191818191819
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Barrancon (moderate winds from the SW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 145 km from Barrancon). 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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