El Chinchorro surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 01 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
17.9° C
(Which is 4.4°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 8AM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)17s
Afternoon (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
4
3
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)181817171616161616151515151515151414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)239528104161419337613668326032192844240122762215221523282360221520041949166416171617150913471235
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
0
W
0
W
0
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SW
0
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
1.18
9:59AM
1.10
10:07PM
1.13
10:35AM
1.16
10:43PM
1.06
11:09AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.19
4:01PM
0.24
4:19AM
0.19
4:45PM
0.25
4:47AM
0.21
5:27PM
0.27
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise---7:47-------7:47-------7:48----
Sunset------7:42-------7:40-------7:39-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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. °C212120212324232221212121232423212121212123242321
Feels °C (?)232423242424242423242424252425232424232324242423
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