El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 -04
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El Gringo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Gringo sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Gringo today?

The current surf forecast for El Gringo at 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
4
3
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131213121212121120121212121218181717171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)853666489473483475491452253222491527518509455600679834805776757929917906
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
0
N
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassglassononononglasscross-
on
glassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.76
12:34PM
1.11
12:43AM
0.70
1:22PM
1.07
1:41AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.39
5:36AM
0.37
7:31PM
0.44
6:10AM
0.41
8:37PM
0.47
6:54AM
0.46
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:48-------6:48--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:36-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242222222222242423222121212223242321212121222324
Feels °C (?)252424242424252424242424232425252423232323242425
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