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El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 4.9°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 9AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111413131212121211111212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171145142142142116114114112137136183290306373421455380380433449360303303
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononononglassonglassglassonononglassglassglassonglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
1.39
12:03PM
0.97
12:13AM
1.30
12:47PM
0.99
12:52AM
1.19
1:32PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.18
5:45PM
0.24
6:48AM
0.20
6:33PM
0.31
7:22AM
0.24
7:23PM
0.39
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---7:28-------7:28-------7:30----
Sunset------8:21-------8:20-------8:20-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322232525252423232323252625232323232325252523
Feels °C (?)252524262625262625252626262726262526252627262625
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