El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
17.8° C
(Which is 4.5°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 9PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111010101010988101010101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)442421440471463455439396334328316151145220949082150347347394401509509
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
0
NE
0
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
0
NNE
0
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30PM
1.39
12:42AM
1.09
1:17PM
1.39
1:31AM
0.99
2:13PM
1.37
2:34AM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
0.44
6:37AM
0.40
7:57PM
0.49
7:18AM
0.45
9:11PM
0.53
8:10AM
0.51
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------7:45-------7:45-------7:45
Sunset--7:50-------7:49-------7:47-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212121212223232221212121212222222121212121
Feels °C (?)232423232222222322232223232324232322232223242323
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