El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Sunday 07 Sep 2025 -04
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El Chinchorro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Chinchorro sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at El Chinchorro today?

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro at 1PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Sunday
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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
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Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111202019181818181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)673714631604588643661645710811827620719958123113041093753843921993989935781
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
0
SW
0
WNW
0
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.22
10:07PM
0.93
10:18AM
1.22
10:45PM
1.00
10:56AM
1.18
11:24PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.20
4:14PM
0.14
3:55AM
0.17
4:45PM
0.11
4:40AM
0.15
5:16PM
0.10
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
Sunrise-7:43-------7:43-------7:41------
Sunset----7:34-------7:34-------7:35---
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141417171614141414141618171514151515181816151616
Feels °C (?)141316151514141414141516161515161616171715151616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at El Chinchorro (light winds from the SW at Arica/Chacalluta Airport 15 km from El Chinchorro). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 45 min ago

17 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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