El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 02 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.6°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 4AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152113631325128811841167961933905757746746679679668647627563563563488480472472
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
S
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
0
E
0
ESE
5
S
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
1.23
11:15AM
1.35
11:24PM
1.15
11:49AM
1.35
11:59PM
1.07
12:23PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.39
4:56AM
0.36
5:34PM
0.41
5:24AM
0.40
6:16PM
0.45
5:51AM
0.44
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----7:48-------7:48-------7:48--
Sunset7:39-------7:38-------7:37-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120202121232222202121212123222120202121212222
Feels °C (?)232322212222232223222323232324232322212323232324
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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