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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 16 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
18.6° C
 (Which is 4.0°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 12PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121414141413131313131313121212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)780769680604576540531731742822857820854841772689689604558488421447659668
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
0
WSW
0
SSE
5
S
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.02
8:59PM
1.37
9:27AM
1.10
9:35PM
1.38
10:01AM
1.18
10:09PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
0.45
2:31PM
0.49
3:37AM
0.41
3:13PM
0.45
4:04AM
0.37
3:55PM
0.41
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-7:43-------7:43-------7:43------
Sunset----7:54-------7:53-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324242322222122222323232221212122232323212221
Feels °C (?)242424242323242324232424232424232223232323232422
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