El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.4°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 11AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212202012121212181818171717161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48349149125325322249152751847545560067983480577675792991790696789310451045
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
0
W
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
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on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
1.11
12:43AM
0.70
1:22PM
1.07
1:41AM
0.65
2:21PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
0.37
7:31PM
0.44
6:10AM
0.41
8:37PM
0.47
6:54AM
0.46
9:54PM
0.47
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:48------
Sunset----6:37-------6:36-------6:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212224242322212121222324232121212121232423212122
Feels °C (?)232525242424232323242424242324242324252424232324
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