El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.7°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 5PM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151616151515151414141414141414131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237024972497246524332338208919291761173617361644175917101411134911981117111710141014848749714
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
0
WNW
0
SSE
5
SSW
0
SW
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.35
10:35PM
0.90
11:04AM
1.36
11:25PM
0.82
11:55AM
1.34
12:22AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
0.19
4:19AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.22
5:01AM
0.21
6:52PM
0.25
5:50AM
0.27
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--6:28-------6:27-------6:27-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212321202020191922222120201920202222212019191919
Feels °C (?)222322222322212123222222222123222322222221212220
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