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Playa Brava surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 -04
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Playa Brava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Brava sea temperature is
17.9° C
 (Which is 5.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Brava at 6PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)--
Afternoon (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111111111111111413131212121211121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)187209116119145116142116142114112729092173239330319361355288298288273
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SSE
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		onononglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
1.09
11:37PM
1.54
12:09PM
1.12
12:17AM
1.45
12:53PM
1.14
12:56AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
0.36
6:18AM
0.31
5:52PM
0.40
6:54AM
0.34
6:40PM
0.47
7:30AM
0.39
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26
Sunset--8:22-------8:22-------8:22-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423222222232324242322232323232424232222222222
Feels °C (?)252524242324242425252424252424242525242425232323
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