El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 -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
19.0° C
(Which is 4.0°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 3AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121413131313121212121212111111111010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4914671042915848848749691669647625674674651527375375290227436346332284248
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
0
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
S
0
SW
0
SE
0
SE
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
1.04
12:23PM
1.24
12:34AM
0.95
1:11PM
1.25
1:23AM
0.85
2:06PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.24
5:54AM
0.19
6:49PM
0.27
6:29AM
0.23
7:48PM
0.32
7:11AM
0.27
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----7:45-------7:45-------7:45--
Sunset7:51-------7:50-------7:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242223222222242524222222222224242322222121212424
Feels °C (?)252426242424252524242424252425242324252324232524
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