El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 10 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
19.2° C
(Which is 2.1°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 2AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131414141414151616151514141414141314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100273171159557757773280489389374381195511931178979869846834589811671651532
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
0
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
ESE
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
glassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
1.18
5:03AM
0.84
4:51PM
1.19
5:59AM
0.90
5:46PM
1.22
6:41AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
0.57
9:57AM
0.68
12:05AM
0.53
11:14AM
0.64
12:42AM
0.48
12:14PM
0.59
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:50--
Sunset6:32-------6:31-------6:30-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020202021232221191920202022212120192020202121
Feels °C (?)212122212021232221202121212123212122212221212322
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