Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Chacarita today (17 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 12AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
| Evening (17 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Chacarita. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 217 | 217 | 217 | 217 | 217 | 183 | 178 | 175 | 178 | 180 | 134 | 175 | 168 | 166 | 138 | 142 | 151 | 160 | 162 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 5:46PM2.68m | 6:09AM2.82m | 6:29PM2.54m | 6:50AM2.68m | 7:12PM2.37m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:54PM0.18m | 12:25PM0.27m | 00:35AM0.33m | 1:08PM0.40m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 59 | 63 | 63 | 77 | 77 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 70 | 70 | 93 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 93 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 217 | 217 | 217 | 217 | 217 | 183 | 178 | 175 | 178 | 180 | 134 | 175 | 168 | 166 | 138 | 142 | 129 | 160 | 162 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | SW 17 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 16 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 38 | 37 | 58 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 151 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 115 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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