El Buey Surf Forecast

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Chile (94 surf breaks)

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El Buey surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 -04

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

Today's El Buey sea temperature is 15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Buey today?

The current surf forecast for El Buey at 5AM is: 3.0m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	17s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Evening (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	16s

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

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	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	4570	4761	4598	4654	4566	4605	4493	4437	4382	3926	3876	3827	3817	3817	3769	3493	3062	2982	2792	2754	2424	2232	1972	1918
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	NW	SW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	ESE	NE	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 1.15					3:05PM 0.68				4:02AM 1.13				4:37PM 0.63				5:22AM 1.14					6:11PM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)					9:44AM 0.34			8:46PM 0.28					11:17AM 0.34				10:02PM 0.32					12:41PM 0.30

	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	17	18	16	15
Feels °C (?)	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	17	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at El Buey (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 3 km from El Buey). 2.4m 17s long period groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
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