La Cosa surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 10 Oct 2025 -04
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La Cosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Cosa sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at La Cosa today?

The current surf forecast for La Cosa at 4PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)--
Afternoon (10 Oct)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (10 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151515151515151514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12101149117112791297134413081308130813991326113911391063970970957747694683673673600600
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
ESE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
ESE
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
1.03
12:36AM
1.43
12:57PM
0.93
1:31AM
1.40
2:00PM
0.85
2:35AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
0.30
7:23AM
0.36
6:36PM
0.36
8:33AM
0.40
7:28PM
0.43
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset--7:40-------7:40-------7:42-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918171616171819181716161615171818171616161717
Feels °C (?)171717171616151718171617161715171716161716161616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tarapaca

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at La Cosa (fresh winds from the SW at Iquique/Diego Aracena Airport 33 km from La Cosa). 1.5m 15s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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37 km/h
SW
0.0
16.3
Air / Water (°C)
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