El Chinchorro (Red Beach) surf break

El Chinchorro (Red Beach) surfForecast / Caribbean Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 AST
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El Chinchorro (Red Beach) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Chinchorro (Red Beach) sea temperature is
27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Chinchorro (Red Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro (Red Beach) at 12PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)666777777777777777777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)525454565759717575646464646481967775615956545454
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
ENE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
15
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
0.28
12:06AM
0.29
1:06AM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.04
1:33PM
0.01
1:40PM
-0.02
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:20------
Sunset----6:57-------6:57-------6:57---
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---112431--13631----1411
Temp. °C232327272725252323242627262523232223262827252423
Feels °C (?)252429282928282525272829282825252325272929272625
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