Surf Forecast Surf Report

El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 11 May 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 May)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (11 May)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (11 May)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131313131312181817171616161616161615151515151515141414141414141414141414141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8347447577697807807697577466596597574666045855766296896237952339256123842445241425802414235422661907183318081669166915471421140214021382128912711253125312181218121812011089976976976934865877852816792780780780
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
5
E
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
0
E
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NE
5
W
0
SE
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
N
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
5
NW
0
ENE
0
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassononglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
1.33
8:52PM
1.02
9:19AM
1.36
9:28PM
0.98
9:51AM
1.38
10:05PM
0.93
10:24AM
1.38
10:42PM
0.89
10:58AM
1.36
11:21PM
0.85
11:36AM
1.34
12:06AM
0.81
12:17PM
1.31
1:00AM
0.79
1:03PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.45
2:42AM
0.40
3:57PM
0.44
3:09AM
0.42
4:37PM
0.44
3:37AM
0.44
5:17PM
0.45
4:06AM
0.47
6:00PM
0.46
4:36AM
0.51
6:47PM
0.48
5:10AM
0.54
7:38PM
0.49
5:51AM
0.58
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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Sunset--6:13-------6:12-------6:12-------6:10-------6:10-------6:10-------6:09-------6:09-
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Rain (mm)
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