El Chinchorro Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.45° S 70.30° W

El Chinchorro 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Chinchorro sea temperature is
17.6° C
0.1° 

El Chinchorro 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 today (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Chinchorro at 1AM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jul)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (10 Jul)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
2
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
1.7
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1126
980
1006
953
928
915
915
890
787
517
642
607
1241
1132
1114
969
969
1139
722
936
936
922
824
491
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
0
NNW
0
SE
0
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NE
0
NNE
0
SW
0
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
0
S
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
High Tide
3:46PM0.79m
5:12AM1.08m
4:58PM0.73m
6:10AM1.19m
6:10PM0.70m
7:05AM1.29m
Low Tide
10:07PM0.21m
11:48AM0.40m
11:01PM0.19m
1:00PM0.33m
11:57PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:13
7:13
7:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
6:19
6:19
 mm
Temp °C
19
16
15
15
16
15
18
19
18
16
15
15
15
16
18
20
18
16
15
15
15
15
18
19
Feels °C
19
16
16
16
17
15
18
18
18
16
16
16
16
17
18
19
18
16
16
16
16
16
18
19
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