- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 -04Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.1° C
(Which is 4.6°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 8AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Apr) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (01 Apr) | 7ft (2.1m) | 16s |
| Evening (01 Apr) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2714 | 2846 | 2777 | 2580 | 2374 | 2185 | 2028 | 1832 | 1606 | 1542 | 1542 | 1521 | 1647 | 1563 | 1521 | 1363 | 1325 | 1288 | 1184 | 1067 | 961 | 933 | 821 | 757 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:33PM 1.35 | 10:04AM 1.27 | 10:12PM 1.30 | 10:40AM 1.32 | 10:49PM 1.23 | 11:15AM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:55AM 0.32 | 4:08PM 0.39 | 4:27AM 0.33 | 4:51PM 0.39 | 4:56AM 0.36 | 5:34PM 0.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:38 | - |
 | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |  | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Faro surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest