Palo Buque surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 -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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.8m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)5ft (1.6m)18s
Afternoon (04 Nov)6ft (1.8m)17s
Evening (04 Nov)7ft (2.1m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)181818171716161616161515151414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13881628192318372302222018551978178717421540134412041092984886769736725647570444437325
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
0
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
5
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.90
9:10PM
1.14
9:20AM
0.86
9:53PM
1.23
10:09AM
0.80
10:38PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
-0.00
3:35AM
0.07
3:18PM
-0.01
4:29AM
0.02
3:58PM
-0.01
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset----7:51-------7:52-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161719191916161615181919181616171718191918161617
Feels °C (?)161617171715171614171817171617161617171816161616
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