El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Saturday 04 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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

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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Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
2
3
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
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
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121213131313131312121212121220
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107710601028949949934813876774774839560484476469389763666412410550491483253
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
0
SSW
0
NNW
0
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassonglasscross-
on
ononglassglassonglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.90
12:17PM
1.18
12:25AM
0.83
12:54PM
1.15
1:00AM
0.76
1:34PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.30
5:41AM
0.28
6:51PM
0.35
6:07AM
0.32
7:37PM
0.39
6:36AM
0.37
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----7:48-------7:48-------7:48--
Sunset7:39-------7:38-------7:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222222222232423232322222224242423222222222425
Feels °C (?)242525252425242524262524252525242525242425242525
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