El Puerto surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 -04
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El Puerto surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Puerto sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at El Puerto today?

The current surf forecast for El Puerto at 8PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)--
Afternoon (19 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (19 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111111111010101010101017
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)734734647605595585509475466458372366311305263234225216175171125122122172
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
S
5
WSW
0
SE
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
0
SSW
0
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
1.06
9:21AM
1.01
9:52PM
1.12
9:56AM
0.96
10:23PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
0.18
3:23AM
0.27
3:29PM
0.18
4:05AM
0.26
3:55PM
0.20
4:45AM
0.26
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------7:07-------7:07-------7:07
Sunset--7:43-------7:43-------7:44-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918161616161719191816161615161819181616161516
Feels °C (?)181818161817171818181816171716171818181717171616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at El Puerto (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 4 km from El Puerto). 1.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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Cross-Off
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