El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 03 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.0°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 8PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
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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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131212121212121212121313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)961933905757746746679679668647627573341496496443436436451212215253227193
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
S
0
SE
5
S
5
S
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
0
SSW
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
WSW
0
ESE
0
S
0
S
5
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscrossglassononglassglassglassoffglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
1.35
11:24PM
1.15
11:49AM
1.35
11:59PM
1.07
12:23PM
1.33
12:35AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
0.41
5:24AM
0.40
6:16PM
0.45
5:51AM
0.44
7:00PM
0.49
6:18AM
0.50
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48
Sunset--7:38-------7:37-------7:37-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222221212121212123222120202021212222212121212122
Feels °C (?)232322242323222324232322222123232424232423232323
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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