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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 08 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
18.8° C
 (Which is 4.8°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 7AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)3ft (0.9m)17s
Afternoon (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)191918171717171717161616161616161616151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)322315399528622615615615510566545627525525519512506499474387339334268268
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WNW
0
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassononglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.10
3:20PM
1.15
3:03AM
0.99
4:22PM
1.16
4:06AM
0.90
5:30PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
0.49
9:38PM
0.68
9:22AM
0.54
11:06PM
0.70
10:13AM
0.58
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---7:28-------7:28-------7:28----
Sunset------8:20-------8:20-------8:19-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222223232424232222232223242423222222222223232222
Feels °C (?)242425252526252525262425252524232424252525252424
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