El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 13 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
19.3° C
(Which is 2.4°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 1AM is: 2.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (14 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
4
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131418181716161616161615151515151515141516161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55510721213306730833178323834133371328730012962276326912444230522742274208220422864286427562727
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
1.07
7:08AM
0.91
7:04PM
1.09
7:44AM
1.02
7:45PM
1.09
8:20AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.29
12:52PM
0.38
1:32AM
0.23
1:41PM
0.31
2:02AM
0.19
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:50--
Sunset6:31-------6:30-------6:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222212121232423222121202023232221202020202223
Feels °C (?)232423222322242423242223222224232323222222222324
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