El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515141414141414141313131414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5675606365816146066857738447527427421002731711595577577732804804804804811
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
E
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.81
2:34PM
1.19
3:38AM
0.80
3:45PM
1.18
5:03AM
0.84
4:51PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.64
10:14PM
0.61
8:25AM
0.68
11:19PM
0.57
9:57AM
0.68
12:05AM
0.53
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:34-------6:32-------6:31---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122222120202020202221212020202020222221202020
Feels °C (?)212223222121222222212322222121212020222321212021
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