El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 15 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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 1PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141516161615151514141415141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272726912444230522742274198718852864286427562727265522742243208219291860166716441560142714271427
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
0
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SE
10
W
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
1.02
7:45PM
1.09
8:20AM
1.12
8:26PM
1.07
8:57AM
1.22
9:07PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
0.31
2:02AM
0.19
2:28PM
0.26
2:34AM
0.16
3:15PM
0.21
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:30-------6:30-------6:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202022232221212020202123222121202020222322212020
Feels °C (?)222223232323232222222324232323222223232323232222
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