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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 6.9°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 4PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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)
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313171818171313131212121212121616121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492398380469534534528700689737714702691617563554512499480472429371365359
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
0
NW
0
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
WNW
0
S
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglasscross-
on		glassglassglassonononcross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.84
7:32PM
1.28
7:56AM
0.87
8:19PM
1.34
8:42AM
0.91
8:59PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.59
2:39AM
0.57
1:21PM
0.56
3:17AM
0.52
2:10PM
0.51
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
Sunset----8:17-------8:17-------8:16---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424242322222323232423232223232323242323232322
Feels °C (?)242525252425252625252624252525262626262525252625
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