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El Faro surf Forecast / Tarapaca / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 25 Apr 2024 -04
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El Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Faro sea temperature is 17.8°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 20.5 °C max: 22.6 °C min: 18.5 °C)
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El Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Faro sea temperature is 17.8°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 20.5 °C max: 22.6 °C min: 18.5 °C)


How big are the waves at El Faro today?

The current surf forecast for El Faro at 9AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (25 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
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
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616141414151515151616161515141414141414141716161616151515141414141414131313131313171616161616151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)264367496496496441268561561640503509605628628620523543476606606606100247630478916931765169918321762169314881447135112277636539438204654653943513464645669811289127393387492489996110571072111116621019
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SW
0
NNE
5
ENE
0
SSW
5
S
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
0
ENE
0
N
0
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
0
SE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
0
WNW
0
ESE
5
SW
0
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
0
N
5
NE
0
ESE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.35
10:26PM
1.00
10:47AM
1.36
11:01PM
0.94
11:23AM
1.35
11:41PM
0.88
12:03PM
1.33
12:30AM
0.83
12:52PM
1.31
1:35AM
0.80
1:50PM
1.29
2:59AM
0.80
2:58PM
1.27
4:22AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.42
4:50PM
0.45
4:07AM
0.44
5:32PM
0.47
4:34AM
0.48
6:18PM
0.49
5:04AM
0.51
7:12PM
0.51
5:40AM
0.55
8:16PM
0.52
6:30AM
0.59
9:25PM
0.51
7:44AM
0.62
10:29PM
0.47
9:18AM
0.63
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56--
Sunset----6:21-------6:20-------6:20-------6:19-------6:17-------6:17-------6:16-------
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