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El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
17.5° C
 (Which is 6.0°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 9AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131313131313131212121313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)773763742721681651632501494431431431501501486479456449502604527576576567
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.91
6:35PM
1.36
6:47AM
0.89
7:37PM
1.45
8:00AM
0.91
8:33PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17AM
0.63
11:21AM
0.47
1:38AM
0.56
12:29PM
0.46
2:41AM
0.47
1:33PM
0.42
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---7:20-------7:22-------7:22----
Sunset------8:23-------8:23-------8:23-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222322222222212222232322212122222223232322
Feels °C (?)242423242423232424232423242423232324232324242424
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