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El Loa surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 -04
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El Loa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Loa sea temperature is
18.8° C
 (Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Loa today?

The current surf forecast for El Loa at 6AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
SW
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010161616161615151414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67505048792565646497118107142103102100999792898812010685
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
W
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		ononononglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
0.76
5:18PM
0.85
4:54AM
0.66
6:17PM
0.89
6:07AM
0.59
7:11PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.19
11:41PM
0.40
11:14AM
0.23
1:06AM
0.37
12:05PM
0.25
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:09----
Sunset------8:28-------8:28-------8:28-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021232424222020202122232423212021202124252321
Feels °C (?)222222242423212021222222232322202122202225252221
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