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Barrancon surf break

Barrancon surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 12 Jan 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
17.0° C
 (Which is 5.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barrancon today?

The current surf forecast for Barrancon at 2PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
SW
0.6
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161515141414141414141313131613151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11914817114010310210013393121120144142121114104167238257246205199277277
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
off		crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.67
6:18PM
0.89
6:08AM
0.60
7:13PM
0.94
7:21AM
0.57
8:02PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.24
1:06AM
0.37
12:07PM
0.26
2:12AM
0.32
1:00PM
0.26
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-7:07-------7:07-------7:09------
Sunset----8:29-------8:29-------8:29---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222324232222222222232423232221212122232423222222
Feels °C (?)232324232222232422232523242323222323252523232323
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