El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 30 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
17.3° C
(Which is 5.3°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: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
3
4
5
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121213131313131918181717161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89279378178167965955155149759665959086710332395281042094193376136683260321928442401
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
WSW
0
NNW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
ononglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
0.94
8:46PM
1.21
9:20AM
1.03
9:29PM
1.18
9:59AM
1.10
10:07PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.30
3:16AM
0.20
3:14PM
0.26
3:49AM
0.19
4:01PM
0.24
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-7:47-------7:47-------7:47------
Sunset----7:44-------7:43-------7:42---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202122232321212020202223232121212121232423222121
Feels °C (?)222323232423242222232323242323232424252524242323
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