El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121313131313131213121212121120121212181818181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)839560484476469389853666489410550491491397253222536491483475455600679834
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.83
11:54AM
1.15
12:00AM
0.76
12:34PM
1.11
12:43AM
0.70
1:22PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.32
6:37PM
0.39
5:36AM
0.37
7:31PM
0.44
6:10AM
0.41
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:36-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222222525242222212122242423212121212223242322
Feels °C (?)262424242625252424232425252424232323232524242424
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