El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 -04
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.4° C
(Which is 4.4°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 10PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010121212121212121111111111111115141414131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196226221589623711805805735723674540505540478387379619125713741318115527312550
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
1.23
2:23AM
0.75
3:13PM
1.20
3:45AM
0.69
4:31PM
1.19
5:24AM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
0.37
8:02AM
0.33
10:25PM
0.39
9:11AM
0.38
11:54PM
0.37
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------7:46-------7:46-------7:46
Sunset--7:49-------7:47-------7:46-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242523222222212123242322212121222324232222212222
Feels °C (?)242523242424232325242424242323242424232424232524
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Chinchorro surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest