El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
16.8° C
(Which is 5.8°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: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (29 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
4
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414131313131313131212131313131319
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28002460229020821887172814961318110610138927937817816796595515514974516595908671033
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonononglassonglassglassglassononononglassglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
0.84
7:57PM
1.22
8:38AM
0.94
8:46PM
1.21
9:20AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
0.27
1:22PM
0.34
2:40AM
0.23
2:22PM
0.30
3:16AM
0.20
3:14PM
0.26
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---7:47-------7:47-------7:47----
Sunset------7:45-------7:44-------7:43-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120212224232121212121232423212121212122232221
Feels °C (?)242422242324242323242323242524232423242423242323
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