Barrancon surf break

Barrancon surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 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
16.1° C
(Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barrancon today?

The current surf forecast for Barrancon at 12AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). 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
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
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
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141413141615151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2004176116491649140713871387138711871170113875781616941753174116721672191419411994210222552102
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.97
9:05AM
1.13
9:14PM
0.93
9:44AM
1.21
9:59PM
0.86
10:27AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.13
2:41AM
0.02
3:22PM
0.08
3:14AM
0.01
4:11PM
0.05
3:50AM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:54--
Sunset6:27-------6:25-------6:24-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212121232221212120212122222221212122222322
Feels °C (?)232121222121232121222221222122222221222122222422
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