El Chinchorro Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (102 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.45° S 70.30° W)

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El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 20 Oct 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 16.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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 5AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s

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

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	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	17	15	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	595	518	509	475	411	372	372	366	311	305	234	234	225	182	175	171	125	122	122	172	381	510	414	558
Wind (km/h)	NW	SW	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	WSW	WSW	WSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:19PM 1.06				9:21AM 1.01				9:52PM 1.12				9:56AM 0.96				10:23PM 1.16				10:28AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)			3:23AM 0.27				3:29PM 0.18				4:05AM 0.26				3:55PM 0.20				4:45AM 0.26				4:20PM 0.22

	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	16	16	16	15	16	18	20	18	16	16	16	16	16	19	20	18	16
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at El Chinchorro (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 4 km from El Chinchorro). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 56 minutes ago El Chinchorro

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1 h 56 min ago

14 km/h

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Cross-On

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