El Faro Surf Forecast

/ Tarapaca (19 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (20.24° S 70.15° W)

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El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 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 15.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Evening (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1423	1152	1102	905	905	744	732	721	572	537	520	463	403	396	389	376	363	357	309	304	263	263	263	250
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	ENE	W	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.81				6:42AM 1.31				7:32PM 0.87				7:42AM 1.34				8:24PM 0.95				8:32AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			11:43PM 0.48					1:48PM 0.38				12:58AM 0.45				2:35PM 0.33				1:59AM 0.40

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	15	16	16	16	18	18	17	15	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	16	18	18
Feels °C (?)	16	14	15	15	15	14	16	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	17	15	17	15	15	16	16	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Faro (light winds from the WSW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 34 km from El Faro). A 1.6m groundswell from the SW
49 minutes ago El Faro

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34 km away, 49 min ago

7 km/h

WSW

0.0

15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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