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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 -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
16.3° C
 (Which is 3.7°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: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)101010151416151514141413131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)200175178139289496459424412606450412400501394331321292282205251251205199
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
0
SSE
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SSE
0
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassonglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.96
10:37PM
1.40
10:50AM
0.92
11:10PM
1.39
11:27AM
0.88
11:44PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.43
3:53PM
0.40
5:25AM
0.43
4:21PM
0.43
6:05AM
0.44
4:50PM
0.46
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:52-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----8:00-------8:00-------8:00---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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