El Bajo / La Bestia Surf Forecast

/ Tarapaca (22 surf breaks) /

Chile (102 surf breaks)

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El Bajo / La Bestia surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 -04

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El Bajo / La Bestia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's El Bajo / La Bestia sea temperature is 15.1° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Bajo / La Bestia today?

The current surf forecast for El Bajo / La Bestia at 2AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s
Evening (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s

Table - waves today at El Bajo / La Bestia. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	965	951	722	701	690	680	680	604	594	549	531	522	522	522	414	414	407	400	393	293	283	278	278	233
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	N	SW	S	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	NNE	NNE	NW	ESE	W	SW	SW	SW	SSW	W	NE	WNW	W	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:09PM 1.06				8:06AM 1.25				8:49PM 1.14				8:48AM 1.22					9:24PM 1.21				9:27AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)				1:53AM 0.46				2:37PM 0.30				2:44AM 0.42					3:09PM 0.30				3:29AM 0.40

	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	17	16	17	18	19	17	15	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	18	19	19
Feels °C (?)	16	16	16	18	16	16	17	18	17	15	16	16	16	18	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Bajo / La Bestia (light winds from the SSW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 34 km from El Bajo / La Bestia). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 55 minutes ago El Bajo / La Bestia

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34 km away, 1 h 55 min ago

9 km/h

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15.1

Air / Water (°C)

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