El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 19 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
17.0° C
(Which is 3.5°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 2AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
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
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011101010101017171616151514141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)241232302298298314314286498580635945784752742874700669659649649630473451
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
0
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
0
SW
0
SW
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
1.24
10:04AM
0.79
10:31PM
1.25
10:39AM
0.76
11:03PM
1.25
11:15AM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.24
4:38AM
0.31
3:41PM
0.25
5:17AM
0.31
4:10PM
0.27
5:56AM
0.32
Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:54--
Sunset7:57-------7:58-------7:58-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181719212121181818181921222018181818182021
Feels °C (?)202019181819212021191919192021212020202019192020
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