El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313141414141415161615151414141414141314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11111332125810931077107712041222122212221370156717881788154714281389135112271210114310936301072
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.66
4:36PM
1.02
5:43AM
0.73
5:33PM
1.05
6:29AM
0.81
6:21PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02PM
0.44
9:30AM
0.51
11:51PM
0.39
10:52AM
0.49
12:29AM
0.34
11:57AM
0.44
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:34-------6:32-------6:31-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120202223222121212121222322212020212122232322
Feels °C (?)232321222423232324232323232322232222232223242423
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