El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 18 Sep 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (19 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111112121212121111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363357350304263263263245174205315303298396309435398314338293338287266102
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
NW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
SW
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
E
5
NNE
5
NE
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
0.95
8:32AM
1.36
9:08PM
1.03
9:15AM
1.35
9:46PM
1.10
9:54AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
0.40
3:14PM
0.29
2:51AM
0.36
3:49PM
0.28
3:37AM
0.34
Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----7:33-------7:31-------7:31--
Sunset7:35-------7:35-------7:36-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181515151515171816151515151618181715151414151717
Feels °C (?)171515141515161716151515131516171616151414141616
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 190 to 260 degs) at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 32 km from El Colegio). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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32 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

9 km/h
SW
0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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