El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
16.1° C
(Which is 5.9°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 1AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131313131313131918181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6925535454654584584513823303303413883944315525526902475271428462777258023742185
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
ESE
5
S
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
NE
0
E
5
ESE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
1.38
8:45AM
1.11
8:51PM
1.38
9:26AM
1.20
9:33PM
1.35
10:04AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.36
2:30PM
0.45
3:22AM
0.33
3:22PM
0.41
3:55AM
0.32
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-----7:47-------7:47-------7:47--
Sunset7:43-------7:42-------7:42-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222021202021232222202120202022222120202020202222
Feels °C (?)232123222122232222212222212123232322222221222324
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