Playa Brava surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 -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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.4°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 5PM is: 1.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161615151514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1818192918922284203320081170190916941486924911726862951898733722711701495424363352
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
0
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
onononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
1.40
9:28AM
1.13
10:01PM
1.49
10:14AM
1.08
10:44PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
0.26
3:43AM
0.33
3:26PM
0.24
4:34AM
0.29
4:04PM
0.25
5:27AM
0.28
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset--7:51-------7:51-------7:52-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918161717161819191817161817181918171617161617
Feels °C (?)171816151817161718181818171816181818161617151417
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