El Gringo Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.48° S 70.33° W)

Surf Forecasts:

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 -04

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El Gringo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's El Gringo sea temperature is 16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Gringo today?

The current surf forecast for El Gringo at 2AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (28 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	18s

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

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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1662	1538	1347	1249	1165	1086	1247	1284	1405	1737	1929	2240	2217	2355	2564	3119	3053	2815	2600	2578	2761	2545	2413	2444
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	WSW	SW	WSW	S	S	WSW	SSW	S	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				12:11AM 0.95				12:07PM 0.88				12:52AM 0.95				12:42PM 0.79				1:39AM 0.94				1:24PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 0.23				6:14AM 0.35				6:20PM 0.27				7:05AM 0.41				6:50PM 0.31					8:09AM 0.46

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	15	16
Feels °C (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update Wind reports 4 km away suggest it is still onshore at El Gringo (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica). 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
2 hours 33 minutes ago El Gringo

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