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 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Chinchorro (Red Beach) sea temperature is
29.3°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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro (Red Beach) at 10AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (26 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (26 Aug)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1
SE
6
1
SE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
1.1
SE
7
0.9
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
1.1
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
1.2
SE
7
1.5
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
73
56
56
56
46
56
64
110
78
78
71
83
112
83
108
145
93
76
78
81
109
118
135
200
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
SE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:05PM0.25m
10:22PM0.24m
10:31PM0.21m
Low Tide
1:02PM0.04m
1:41PM0.07m
2:23PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:59
6:58
6:57
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
26
25
26
30
30
29
28
26
26
25
26
29
31
29
27
26
25
25
25
29
30
29
27
26
Feels °C
30
29
30
33
33
31
33
29
30
28
29
31
33
32
30
29
28
28
28
32
31
30
30
29
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