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Palo Buque surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 -04
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Palo Buque surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Palo Buque sea temperature is
17.7° C
 (Which is 5.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Palo Buque today?

The current surf forecast for Palo Buque at 2AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
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
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111014131312121212111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1501161161161141149290929074114208199281277355344288338288233228224
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
S
0
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
1.24
12:06PM
0.83
12:14AM
1.16
12:49PM
0.85
12:52AM
1.04
1:33PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.03
6:15AM
-0.02
5:50PM
0.08
6:50AM
0.02
6:37PM
0.14
7:23AM
0.06
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----7:24-------7:26-------7:26--
Sunset8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323222223252423232223232324242422222223222424
Feels °C (?)232524232223262424262324232424242424252324232424
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