La Capilla Surf Forecast

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La Capilla surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 -04

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

Today's La Capilla sea temperature is 16.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Capilla today?

The current surf forecast for La Capilla at 7AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Evening (17 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	2	2	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	877	827	828	812	837	916	739	878	761	879	1011	878	752	1026	987	882	676	791	868	1013	1451	1598	1763	1869
Wind (km/h)	N	WSW	SSE	NNW	W	SW	SSW	SSE	NE	SSW	E	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	SW	SSW	S	S	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:30AM 0.95				3:36PM 0.55				4:46AM 0.98					5:11PM 0.52				5:56AM 1.03				6:29PM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)					10:30AM 0.28				9:29PM 0.18					11:59AM 0.23			10:45PM 0.18					1:06PM 0.16

		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	16	17	16	14	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	17	16
Feels °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	14	16	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	17	16	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at La Capilla (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 18 km from La Capilla). 1.5m 12s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
2 hours 9 minutes ago La Capilla

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18 km away, 2 h 9 min ago

14 km/h

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16.6

Air / Water (°C)

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