El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
21.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)91113131515141414131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)674310862107104169341313295286245241326331331326306292287480436436319
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
E
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
NW
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassonononononglassglassonglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.11
6:59AM
0.72
7:57PM
1.17
7:58AM
0.71
8:39PM
1.22
8:47AM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.49
12:43PM
0.36
2:56AM
0.44
1:30PM
0.34
3:38AM
0.39
2:15PM
0.32
Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----7:16-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset8:22-------8:23-------8:23-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232121212122232423222222222224252422222222222324
Feels °C (?)242323242324242524242524232425252525252525242524
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