El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 19 Jul 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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 2PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
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Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)161515141414141414131615151414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12841155112411091094978898885885106912841219112411091048960827791818587680570535519
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
0
SSE
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
NE
0
NW
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
1.16
3:47PM
0.94
5:07AM
1.25
5:03PM
0.87
6:09AM
1.35
6:18PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.57
10:05PM
0.36
11:52AM
0.52
11:02PM
0.35
1:05PM
0.45
12:02AM
0.34
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise-7:15-------7:15-------7:13------
Sunset----6:17-------6:19-------6:19---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617181715141516161818171515151515161616141414
Feels °C (?)141415161514141415151617161515151415151516151414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the WSW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport imply that is on-shore at El Faro. 1.4m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 3s local chop, also from the SW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
WSW
17.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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