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Playa Brava surf Forecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 20 Apr 2024 -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 17.0°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 20.7 °C max: 22.5 °C min: 19.7 °C)
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 17.0°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 20.7 °C max: 22.5 °C min: 19.7 °C)


How big are the waves at Playa Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Brava at 7AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
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) (?)151515151515141616161615141414141413131313131312121212121212121212131312121212171716161616161616141414151515151616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)48950954458981654366716921737195819091741164916261387134910891027854757679658576521442428378314309309264235243281281264255251247362338318264367496496496496367367362640558509544628628620589536
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
SE
5
SW
0
E
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
ESE
0
NNW
5
SW
0
S
0
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
ENE
0
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
E
0
N
0
ENE
0
NNE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglassonononglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.10
7:37PM
1.22
8:13AM
1.18
8:12PM
1.19
8:44AM
1.24
8:46PM
1.16
9:14AM
1.30
9:19PM
1.11
9:44AM
1.33
9:52PM
1.06
10:15AM
1.35
10:26PM
1.00
10:47AM
1.36
11:01PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.42
1:31PM
0.52
2:01AM
0.40
2:14PM
0.49
2:27AM
0.39
2:54PM
0.46
2:52AM
0.39
3:32PM
0.45
3:17AM
0.40
4:11PM
0.44
3:42AM
0.42
4:50PM
0.45
4:07AM
0.44
5:32PM
0.47
4:34AM
0.48
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset------6:23-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------6:21-------6:21-------6:20-----
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