El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
18.7° C
(Which is 4.3°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 4PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
4
3
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212141313131312121212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6265455455364914671042915848848749691669647625674674651527375375247443436
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
ENE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SW
0
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
NNW
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.21
11:52PM
1.04
12:23PM
1.24
12:34AM
0.95
1:11PM
1.25
1:23AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.18
5:57PM
0.24
5:54AM
0.19
6:49PM
0.27
6:29AM
0.23
7:48PM
0.32
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:45-------7:45-------7:45------
Sunset----7:51-------7:50-------7:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222223242322222222212324232222222121232423222121
Feels °C (?)242524242324242425242424232424242324242524242324
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