Intendencia surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 -04
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Intendencia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Intendencia sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Intendencia today?

The current surf forecast for Intendencia at 4PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)18s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)201918181818171616161616161515141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)544624597823955740740696756818910792740720603602594591547486493527524595
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
0
E
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.36
10:53PM
1.15
11:03AM
1.32
11:32PM
1.21
11:42AM
1.24
12:13AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
0.25
4:49AM
0.30
5:25PM
0.25
5:36AM
0.31
5:57PM
0.26
6:27AM
0.35
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise-------7:41-------7:41-------7:39
Sunset--7:32-------7:32-------7:34-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918171616161517171513131415161818171516171717
Feels °C (?)141514151516161416161411111315161718161516161617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Intendencia (fresh winds from the SW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 34 km from Intendencia). 1.1m 4s local chop from the SSW with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 19s long period groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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37 km/h
SW
0.0
16.0
Air / Water (°C)
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