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Papagayo surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 -04
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Papagayo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papagayo sea temperature is
17.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papagayo today?

The current surf forecast for Papagayo at 5AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.5
NW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)8888888777777167778888998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135128128169191164141100109139162179156130184313492560569505479513525408
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SW
5
S
5
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
SW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		glassglassoncross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.91
6:10PM
1.03
6:04AM
0.81
7:13PM
1.07
7:28AM
0.76
8:11PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.33
12:42AM
0.50
12:16PM
0.38
2:05AM
0.46
1:14PM
0.41
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------8:58-------8:58-------8:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616171717171716161617171818181616161617171717
Feels °C (?)171617181716171716161718161716141313151616151516
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