Playa Cavancha surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 -04
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Playa Cavancha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Cavancha sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Cavancha today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Cavancha at 4AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
3
3
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141516161515141414141413141418181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8938937438119551193980905869846834822721671651661589742190412601922216021332107
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
ESE
0
E
5
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
NW
5
SSE
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
1.19
5:59AM
0.90
5:46PM
1.22
6:41AM
0.99
6:33PM
1.24
7:18AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.53
11:14AM
0.64
12:42AM
0.48
12:14PM
0.59
1:13AM
0.43
1:06PM
0.52
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:50--
Sunset6:31-------6:30-------6:30-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020202020222121201920202021222120212020212222
Feels °C (?)222122212121222222222121222122222222232221232323
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