El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 -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
17.8° C
(Which is 4.5°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 5AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010101010109810101010121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4634554393473343283222771042259694170114347347394409518449411396366311
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
WSW
0
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
SSW
0
S
0
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
1.09
1:17PM
1.39
1:31AM
0.99
2:13PM
1.37
2:34AM
0.90
3:21PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.40
7:57PM
0.49
7:18AM
0.45
9:11PM
0.53
8:10AM
0.51
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---7:45-------7:45-------7:45----
Sunset------7:49-------7:47-------7:46-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121222323222121212121232322212121212122222221
Feels °C (?)222222232222222323232323242322232323232323232323
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