El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 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
19.3° C
(Which is 2.4°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 7AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 22s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131418181716161616161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13891351121012101143109355510721213306730833178323834133371328730012962276326912444230522742274
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
SE
0
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SSW
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassononglassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononononglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.81
6:21PM
1.07
7:08AM
0.91
7:04PM
1.09
7:44AM
1.02
7:45PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.34
11:57AM
0.44
1:01AM
0.29
12:52PM
0.38
1:32AM
0.23
1:41PM
0.31
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:31-------6:31-------6:30-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202223222121212121232423222121202122232221
Feels °C (?)222322222424232323222323242423232224222323232324
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