El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 13 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10PM is: 1.8m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141818171616161616161515151515141414151616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5897101904124519222160213321072054200219511788160615631446142614261426146616721672152617181542
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NNE
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
1.24
7:18AM
1.09
7:15PM
1.26
7:53AM
1.19
7:55PM
1.26
8:29AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
0.43
1:06PM
0.52
1:43AM
0.38
1:53PM
0.46
2:13AM
0.34
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset6:30-------6:29-------6:29-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202121222221202020212022222120201920202222
Feels °C (?)222222212222222220202021222022222122222021212222
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