El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 05 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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Gringo today?

The current surf forecast for El Gringo at 6PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (05 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (05 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121213131313131312131212121211201212121818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)905876861774839560484476469389853666489473550491483397253222595491483475
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
0
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassonglassglassonononononcross-
on
glassglassononononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
1.18
11:25PM
0.83
11:54AM
1.15
12:00AM
0.76
12:34PM
1.11
12:43AM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.35
5:07AM
0.32
6:37PM
0.39
5:36AM
0.37
7:31PM
0.44
6:10AM
0.41
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232423222322222224242422222222222424232221212122
Feels °C (?)242524242624242425242524242424252524232423232325
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