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Anakena surf break

Anakena surfForecast / Easter Island / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 -06
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Anakena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Anakena sea temperature is
25.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Anakena today?

The current surf forecast for Anakena at 4AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)--

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.3
NE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
NW
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.3
NE
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.3
NW
0.3
SW
1.5
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1171212111112111171313131212151111131813161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128131458592300826124923421220509692002840057
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.52
9:43AM
0.84
10:32PM
0.56
10:41AM
0.89
11:26PM
0.60
11:32AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
0.25
4:42PM
0.15
4:00AM
0.21
5:33PM
0.10
4:58AM
0.18
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----7:35-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:53-------6:52
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C232222232323232323232222222323232323232323232323
Feels °C (?)222021232223232222222121212121212222222222222222
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