El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 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
18.8° 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 1PM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
2
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
4
3
4
4
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515161615151515141414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21402276237024972497246524332338208919291761173617361784175917101411134911981117111710141014848
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
0
SE
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
S
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassononglassglasscross-
on
glassglassonononglassonglassglassononononglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.35
10:35PM
0.90
11:04AM
1.36
11:25PM
0.82
11:55AM
1.34
12:22AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.15
4:55PM
0.19
4:19AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.22
5:01AM
0.21
6:52PM
0.25
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----6:28-------6:27-------6:27---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192021232120202020202223222020192020212221202019
Feels °C (?)202223232222232222222323232222212322222222222221
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