El Brazo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 -04
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El Brazo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Brazo sea temperature is
16.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at El Brazo today?

The current surf forecast for El Brazo at 10PM is: 1.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)--
Afternoon (28 Aug)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)18s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131818181717171716161616161616161615161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)148417371929224022172355253832823053281526042761276125452545257824502293232222932073201720892089
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
0
S
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SSW
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.95
12:42PM
0.79
1:39AM
0.94
1:24PM
0.70
2:37AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
0.27
7:05AM
0.41
6:50PM
0.31
8:09AM
0.46
7:26PM
0.35
9:33AM
0.49
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:48--
Sunset6:32-------6:32-------6:32-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161414141414151615141413131415161514131313131516
Feels °C (?)151414141415141414131412131314151413131312131414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at El Brazo (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 4 km from El Brazo). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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14 km/h
SSW
Cross-Off
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