El Faro surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 -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
17.5° C
(Which is 4.9°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: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141313131312121211111111111111101010109889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)752731613604594471442421440471463455439396334328304292281275132117117132
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
S
10
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
0
ESE
0
E
0
SW
0
S
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.19
12:30PM
1.39
12:42AM
1.09
1:17PM
1.39
1:31AM
0.99
2:13PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
0.40
6:02AM
0.37
6:57PM
0.44
6:37AM
0.40
7:57PM
0.49
7:18AM
0.45
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----7:43-------7:45-------7:45--
Sunset7:50-------7:50-------7:49-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212122232323212121212223232221212121212222
Feels °C (?)222324232223232323222221212323232222242323232322
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