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El Gringo surf break

El Gringo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 18 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
20.5° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 5PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (18 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121213131314141414141313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99892875974662690010601329165317841784165314111329119811341014998822616616626626545
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
S
0
SSE
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
1.01
10:01PM
1.21
10:27AM
1.09
10:36PM
1.18
11:03AM
1.16
11:13PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44PM
0.26
4:22AM
0.20
4:26PM
0.24
4:51AM
0.18
5:10PM
0.23
5:21AM
0.18
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------7:43-------7:45-------7:45
Sunset--7:53-------7:52-------7:52-----
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232423222221212123242322222222222425242222222122
Feels °C (?)242524252524242425242425252525252525252424252425
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