El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.6°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 11PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17361644175917101411134911981117111710141014848749668702680616616605536527518475458
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
E
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
5
SW
0
WNW
5
S
0
SW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonononglasscross-
on
glassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.82
11:55AM
1.34
12:22AM
0.75
12:53PM
1.30
1:31AM
0.70
1:59PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
0.22
5:01AM
0.21
6:52PM
0.25
5:50AM
0.27
8:02PM
0.28
6:49AM
0.34
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset6:27-------6:27-------6:25-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020201920222321202019191921222120191919192122
Feels °C (?)232222222222232322222221212122222122202121212222
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