El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 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 2AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)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
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212131313131313121312121212202012121218181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)861774839560484476469389763666489473550541483253253303527491483475455600
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassonglassglassonononononcross-
on
glassglassononononglassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.83
11:54AM
1.15
12:00AM
0.76
12:34PM
1.11
12:43AM
0.70
1:22PM
1.07
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--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232223222222242424232222222224242322212121222324
Feels °C (?)242526242524252425252324242425242424232423242425
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