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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 -04
How big are the waves at El Faro today?
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 9PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 732 | 721 | 572 | 537 | 520 | 511 | 503 | 396 | 389 | 376 | 363 | 357 | 309 | 304 | 194 | 263 | 263 | 245 | 205 | 237 | 315 | 303 | 298 | 396 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:32PM 0.87 | 7:42AM 1.34 | 8:24PM 0.95 | 8:32AM 1.36 | 9:08PM 1.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:48PM 0.38 | 12:58AM 0.45 | 2:35PM 0.33 | 1:59AM 0.40 | 3:14PM 0.29 | 2:51AM 0.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 |
| Sunset | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca
Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at El Faro (moderate winds from the SW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 31 km from El Faro). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
31 km away, 1 h 54 min ago
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