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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 22 Jan 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 4.1°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 6PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
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
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131316151414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)606606507465451444437394388424418702623648731731721651632632632552501494
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
NE
0
WSW
0
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.02
12:46AM
1.37
1:29PM
1.05
1:23AM
1.29
2:17PM
1.09
2:04AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17PM
0.51
7:31AM
0.41
7:04PM
0.56
8:04AM
0.42
8:00PM
0.61
8:41AM
0.44
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:18-------7:18
Sunset--8:25-------8:25-------8:24-----
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322212221222223232222222222222323222222222222
Feels °C (?)242423232424252425252424242525242525242525252424
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