El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 -04
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El Rancio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Rancio sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Rancio today?

The current surf forecast for El Rancio at 8AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141616161515151515151616151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142714271080116111222058215120692037198321402276237024972497246524332175208919291761173616441644
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
W
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SE
5
S
0
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
1.03
9:37AM
1.30
9:50PM
0.97
10:19AM
1.35
10:35PM
0.90
11:04AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
0.15
4:04PM
0.19
3:42AM
0.15
4:55PM
0.19
4:19AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.22
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:29-------6:28-------6:27-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019202222222020202019222322202020202022222120
Feels °C (?)222221222322232221222221242323222322232223222222
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