Barrancon surf break

Barrancon surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
15.5° C
(Which is 4.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barrancon today?

The current surf forecast for Barrancon at 9PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413141615151515151515151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271138711871170113875781616941753164116721672191419411994210222552102204819941776172814801480
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
0
NE
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
1.13
9:14PM
0.93
9:44AM
1.21
9:59PM
0.86
10:27AM
1.25
10:48PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
0.08
3:14AM
0.01
4:11PM
0.05
3:50AM
0.02
5:04PM
0.05
4:30AM
0.05
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset--6:25-------6:24-------6:23-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222212121212123232221212122222322212020202121
Feels °C (?)232123212222212123232221212122222322212021212222
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