El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 14 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
15.6° C
(Which is 4.1°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: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (14 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (14 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Mon
17
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53648240730834734234229024919017817517217217213913780101121242147147150
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
0
S
0
ESE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
1.22
6:59PM
1.04
6:40AM
1.18
7:45PM
1.14
7:32AM
1.13
8:24PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
0.36
12:38AM
0.57
1:18PM
0.35
1:41AM
0.53
1:54PM
0.35
2:34AM
0.49
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Mon
17
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----7:55-------7:57-------7:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161718191816161616171918181716161618181918161616
Feels °C (?)161617191816161616161817181816161517161817161616
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