El Chinchorro (Red Beach) Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.42° N 70.01° W

El Chinchorro (Red Beach) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Chinchorro (Red Beach) sea temperature is
28.8° C
0.8° 

El Chinchorro (Red Beach) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Chinchorro (Red Beach) today (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro (Red Beach) at 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (20 Jul)3ft (0.9m)8s

Table - waves today at El Chinchorro (Red Beach). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
1.2
E
7
0.9
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
145
145
116
130
126
123
101
121
105
91
146
77
99
88
70
45
45
45
31
38
44
24
25
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
N
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
NE
10
E
20
ESE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
6:58PM0.22m
7:17PM0.24m
7:40PM0.25m
Low Tide
9:46AM0.08m
9:34AM0.07m
9:33AM0.04m
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:17
7:17
7:17
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
29
29
30
28
26
25
24
25
30
32
30
28
25
25
24
25
30
29
28
27
26
Feels °C
27
27
31
30
32
31
28
28
27
27
31
33
31
29
27
27
26
27
31
29
29
30
30
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Chinchorro (Red Beach) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest