Playa Cavancha surfForecast / Tarapaca / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 22 Feb 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.9°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 3AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (23 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
4
4
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101014161616121212121515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175175267212216501193170162309187330325805441589581953940928915890877865
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
SW
0
NNW
5
WSW
0
N
0
W
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
ESE
0
NW
0
ESE
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SE
5
SW
0
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.10
2:37PM
1.27
2:35AM
0.99
3:42PM
1.28
3:48AM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.55
7:53AM
0.44
9:07PM
0.60
8:39AM
0.48
10:38PM
0.62
9:41AM
0.52
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----7:35-------7:35-------7:35--
Sunset8:12-------8:12-------8:10-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242424242424252525242424242525252424242323242524
Feels °C (?)272828272727272828282727272827272628272626272725
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