El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 26 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
17.3° C
(Which is 5.4°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 12PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
4
4
3
3
5
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111151414141316151414141414141616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47838737961912571374131811552731255025152480229722651997188633393339354434563412313528372460
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
0
ESE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
E
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.69
4:31PM
1.19
5:24AM
0.69
5:51PM
1.19
6:47AM
0.75
7:00PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
0.38
11:54PM
0.37
10:39AM
0.41
1:04AM
0.32
12:08PM
0.39
1:57AM
0.27
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-7:46-------7:46-------7:46------
Sunset----7:46-------7:45-------7:45---
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clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123232321212121212324232121212021222423212120
Feels °C (?)232323232423232323232424242323232323242424232423
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