El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 -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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121313131615151414141414141316151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)64185498499912841155112411091094978898885885996128412191124110910481079827791792690
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
1.03
4:03AM
1.16
3:47PM
0.94
5:07AM
1.25
5:03PM
0.87
6:09AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
0.35
10:26AM
0.57
10:05PM
0.36
11:52AM
0.52
11:02PM
0.35
1:05PM
0.45
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise-----7:15-------7:13-------7:13--
Sunset6:17-------6:17-------6:19-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171515151616181717151515161618181715151516151616
Feels °C (?)161515141414171516151615141516171614151515141516
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Colegio (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 200 to 270 degs) at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 32 km from El Colegio). 1.0m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
SW
16.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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