El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 -04
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El Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Faro sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 9PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121111111111111111111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)732721572537520511503396389376363357309304194263263245205237315303298396
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
NE
0
NNE
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
ESE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32PM
0.87
7:42AM
1.34
8:24PM
0.95
8:32AM
1.36
9:08PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.38
12:58AM
0.45
2:35PM
0.33
1:59AM
0.40
3:14PM
0.29
2:51AM
0.36
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------7:33-------7:33-------7:31
Sunset--7:35-------7:35-------7:35-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171817151516151618181816161615161817161415151517
Feels °C (?)161816151416141517161717161715161816161415141316
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at El Faro (moderate winds from the SW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 31 km from El Faro). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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31 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

24 km/h
SW
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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