El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 18 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
14.9° C
(Which is 5.0°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 3PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
1
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
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
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111111010101010101513161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)331567471463414407349325308303303303303178243234200175178112166496459424
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
WSW
0
SE
0
NNW
0
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassonglasscross-
on
onglassonglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
1.04
9:32PM
1.35
9:37AM
1.00
10:05PM
1.38
10:14AM
0.96
10:37PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.46
2:56PM
0.36
4:04AM
0.44
3:24PM
0.38
4:45AM
0.43
3:53PM
0.40
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----7:59-------7:59-------8:00---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719191818181818192020201920201920212120181919
Feels °C (?)161718191819181818191920201919191819202119181919
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