El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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 12PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131414141414151616151514141414141413141818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12581093107710771204122212221222137015671788178816981428138913511227121011431093630107210683067
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
SE
0
SE
0
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
NW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
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on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.66
4:36PM
1.02
5:43AM
0.73
5:33PM
1.05
6:29AM
0.81
6:21PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.51
11:51PM
0.39
10:52AM
0.49
12:29AM
0.34
11:57AM
0.44
1:01AM
0.29
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:34-------6:32-------6:31---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202022232221202020212323222120202121232423222221
Feels °C (?)222224232323222222232423232322222423242423232423
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