El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3AM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
4
4
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
3
2
3
2
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161615151515151514141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6798348057767579299179069678939741045117412791468124412441227111113321034109310771077
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
0
NW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononglasscross-
on
glassononononglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.65
2:21PM
1.03
3:07AM
0.64
3:30PM
1.02
4:39AM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.47
6:54AM
0.46
9:54PM
0.47
8:01AM
0.50
11:02PM
0.44
9:30AM
0.51
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:48-------6:50--
Sunset6:36-------6:35-------6:35-------
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221222222232423212121212123232222212121212223
Feels °C (?)242423242425242524232323242324242325232323242324
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