El Chinchorro (Red Beach) Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.42° N 70.01° W

El Chinchorro (Red Beach) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Chinchorro (Red Beach) sea temperature is
29.7°C
1.0° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro (Red Beach) at 5PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (15 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.7
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
36
18
18
36
18
18
18
19
31
21
26
32
30
31
25
26
26
32
32
39
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
10
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
2:34PM0.22m
3:53PM0.22m
4:55PM0.22m
Low Tide
2:33AM-0.01m
3:03AM0.00m
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
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1
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4
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Temp °C
29
31
29
27
26
25
25
25
29
31
29
27
26
25
25
25
28
30
28
27
26
Feels °C
32
33
32
30
29
28
28
28
32
34
31
31
30
28
28
28
31
32
30
31
30
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