Caletita Buena Surf Forecast

/ Tarapaca (19 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (19.48° S 70.21° W)

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Caletita Buena surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 -04

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Caletita Buena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Caletita Buena sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caletita Buena today?

The current surf forecast for Caletita Buena at 2AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Evening (17 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Saturday 16			Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	10	10	17	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	395	840	827	789	247	239	364	348	791	229	142	667	896	447	920	953	868	770	652	715	876	963	1446	1623
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	N	NW	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	SW	S	N	SW	SSW	W	WSW	WNW	SW	SSE	SSE	SE	S	SSE	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:16PM 0.65				3:31AM 0.96				3:41PM 0.56				4:47AM 0.99					5:15PM 0.53				5:58AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.16				10:31AM 0.29				9:32PM 0.19					12:00PM 0.23			10:49PM 0.19					1:07PM 0.16

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	19	19
Feels °C (?)	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	17	16	14	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	15	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Caletita Buena (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 110 km from Caletita Buena). 0.1m 13s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.1m 17s long period groundswell, also from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 59 minutes ago Caletita Buena

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