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El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 15 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 3.9°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212161515151414131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248244244236205273199195195261331424869846754867700757689668549531522414
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
S
10
SW
5
SW
0
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
NNE
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
SSW
5
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
0
SSE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassonglassglassononononglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.38
9:00AM
0.90
9:24PM
1.42
9:42AM
0.92
10:00PM
1.46
10:20AM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.51
2:29PM
0.47
4:20AM
0.47
3:09PM
0.45
4:54AM
0.44
Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----7:13-------7:13-------7:15--
Sunset8:25-------8:25-------8:25-------
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222212122232322212121222224242322212121212323
Feels °C (?)232423232423232423242323232324232324232323222423
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