Barrancon surf break

Barrancon surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 -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
14.9° C
(Which is 6.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barrancon today?

The current surf forecast for Barrancon at 3PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212141414141313131313131312121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9058917236785314639881095108011611061111010949188288168036075875977848629981218
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.71
9:01PM
1.09
9:33AM
0.80
9:34PM
1.11
10:04AM
0.89
10:08PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
0.21
3:39AM
0.09
3:12PM
0.16
4:04AM
0.05
3:53PM
0.11
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-7:41-------7:43-------7:43------
Sunset----7:54-------7:53-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324242423232323232424232222212223242423222222
Feels °C (?)232324242423232424232525232324232424242423232424
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