El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 15 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 3.0°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 4AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)8ft (2.4m)16s
Afternoon (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.4
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514151616161515151414141514141414141414141616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22742274208220422864286427562727265522742243208219291860166716441560142714271427108011619932058
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
E
5
W
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
N
0
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
0
E
5
S
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.09
8:20AM
1.12
8:26PM
1.07
8:57AM
1.22
9:07PM
1.03
9:37AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.19
2:28PM
0.26
2:34AM
0.16
3:15PM
0.21
3:07AM
0.15
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:50--
Sunset6:30-------6:30-------6:29-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020202020222322212020202022232220202020202223
Feels °C (?)232222222222242323232222222223232322222223222323
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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