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 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Chinchorro (Red Beach) sea temperature is
29.9°C
1.2° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro (Red Beach) at 9PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
6
0.6
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.8
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.1
SE
7
1
SE
7
1
SE
7
1
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
18
18
19
30
44
47
72
93
117
134
142
138
172
172
112
91
88
88
102
105
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
0
ESE
5
NNE
Wind State
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
8:37AM0.11m
7:58PM0.24m
8:48AM0.14m
8:28PM0.20m
9:13AM0.18m
8:51PM0.17m
Low Tide
11:51AM0.09m
2:48AM0.10m
12:57PM0.11m
2:24AM0.11m
2:13PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
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Temp °C
29
30
29
27
26
25
25
26
29
29
28
27
26
26
25
26
28
29
28
27
26
Feels °C
32
32
32
32
29
29
28
29
31
30
29
31
30
30
29
30
32
31
31
32
30
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