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El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 -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
17.1° 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 3PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101717161615151414141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)298314314286498580635945784752742874700669659734649630410451443378378378
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
E
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.79
10:31PM
1.25
10:39AM
0.76
11:03PM
1.25
11:15AM
0.73
11:37PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
0.31
3:41PM
0.25
5:17AM
0.31
4:10PM
0.27
5:56AM
0.32
4:39PM
0.30
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----7:58-------7:58-------7:59---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171921212119181818192122201919181819212120181818
Feels °C (?)182021202121191920212122202121192021212020191919
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