El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 23 Mar 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 4.1°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 10AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111110910101010109121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)625674674651527346425302249453360113196226217278633711723735735723674540
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
0
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
W
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
SW
0
ENE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.95
1:11PM
1.25
1:23AM
0.85
2:06PM
1.23
2:23AM
0.75
3:13PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.23
7:48PM
0.32
7:11AM
0.27
8:59PM
0.37
8:02AM
0.33
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---7:45-------7:45-------7:46----
Sunset------7:49-------7:49-------7:47-
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222424232222222222242423222121212224242322
Feels °C (?)252524252524242425252524252424242324232425252424
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