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La Capilla surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 -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
19.5° C
 (Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Capilla today?

The current surf forecast for La Capilla at 3PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121111111111111111109101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)210207203169169169167132121979675757373725347353535343437
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
S
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
0
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.75
2:52AM
0.85
4:13PM
0.78
3:42AM
0.73
5:13PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
0.08
8:51PM
0.31
9:37AM
0.12
10:06PM
0.37
10:19AM
0.16
11:34PM
0.39
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-7:11-------7:13-------7:13------
Sunset----8:22-------8:22-------8:23---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123232322212121212323232121212121232323212121
Feels °C (?)242325232424232324232423242323232223242324232423
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