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El Puerto surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 20 Aug 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
16.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Puerto today?

The current surf forecast for El Puerto at 4AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (20 Aug)7ft (2.2m)14s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131414141413131818171616141615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)221722172354222019742114213221662077207122871748196122942020208422873403187820741849170616841747
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
WNW
5
NE
5
SSW
0
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
NW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
1.24
7:19PM
0.70
7:44AM
1.29
8:11PM
0.76
8:32AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
0.24
1:52PM
0.23
12:48AM
0.21
2:38PM
0.18
1:44AM
0.18
3:17PM
0.15
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:30-------6:30-------6:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141718171514141514171716151514141416171615
Feels °C (?)151414141617161515141514161516161614141415151414
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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). 2.4m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

    2 hours 15 minutes ago El Puerto
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2 h 15 min ago

14 km/h
SSW
Cross-Off
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