El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 -04
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El Colegio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Colegio sea temperature is
18.1° C
(Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Colegio today?

The current surf forecast for El Colegio at 1PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)151415151414141414141413131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1542152116471563152113631325128811841167961933905757746746679679668647617563563563
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
SW
0
S
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
1.32
10:49PM
1.23
11:15AM
1.35
11:24PM
1.15
11:49AM
1.35
11:59PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
0.33
4:51PM
0.39
4:56AM
0.36
5:34PM
0.41
5:24AM
0.40
6:16PM
0.45
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-7:47-------7:48-------7:48------
Sunset----7:39-------7:38-------7:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122222220202021212322222121202021222221202020
Feels °C (?)212223232221222222222322232323222223232423222121
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