El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 31 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
16.8° C
(Which is 5.0°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 9AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)6ft (1.8m)18s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313191818171716161616151515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34138839443155255269021362714284627772580237421852028183216061563154215421647154215211363
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
0
SSW
5
S
5
E
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
1.20
9:33PM
1.35
10:04AM
1.27
10:12PM
1.30
10:40AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.33
3:22PM
0.41
3:55AM
0.32
4:08PM
0.39
4:27AM
0.33
4:51PM
0.39
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise---7:47-------7:47-------7:47----
Sunset------7:42-------7:40-------7:39-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020202222222121212021222221212121202122222120
Feels °C (?)232222212324232323232223232322232323212323232221
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