El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 07 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
19.3° C
(Which is 2.2°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 5AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
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
Period(s) (?)121918181818181717171616161616151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169227260314314311366350476459437427560560636581614606685773844752742742
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
0
NE
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.85
1:32PM
1.22
2:06AM
0.81
2:34PM
1.19
3:38AM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.58
6:21AM
0.60
8:56PM
0.61
7:09AM
0.64
10:14PM
0.61
8:25AM
0.68
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:50-------6:50--
Sunset6:35-------6:34-------6:34-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121212121232221202020212122222120202020202121
Feels °C (?)232324232222232221222222222223232122222221212222
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