El Colegio surf break

El Colegio surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
15.9° 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 8PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131918181717161616161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4513463303303413883944315525526902136271428462777258023742185202818321606144115421521
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
0
S
5
SE
5
S
0
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
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on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
1.38
9:26AM
1.20
9:33PM
1.35
10:04AM
1.27
10:12PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.45
3:22AM
0.33
3:22PM
0.41
3:55AM
0.32
4:08PM
0.39
4:27AM
0.33
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-------7:47-------7:47-------7:47
Sunset--7:42-------7:42-------7:40-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222222202120202022222120202120212222212121212021
Feels °C (?)222222212221222223242222222221232324222323232123
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