El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 6AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
4
3
5
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
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
2.4
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414151616151514141414141413141818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12221222137015671788178815471428138913511210121011431093555107212132928308329643238341333713287
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
SSE
5
SSE
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
SW
5
S
5
NE
5
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononononglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassonglassglasscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
0.73
5:33PM
1.05
6:29AM
0.81
6:21PM
1.07
7:08AM
0.91
7:04PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.39
10:52AM
0.49
12:29AM
0.34
11:57AM
0.44
1:01AM
0.29
12:52PM
0.38
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:32-------6:31-------6:31-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121212323222121212121232322222222212123242322
Feels °C (?)232323232423232323242323232423232423232324242324
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