El Rancio Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (94 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.51° S 70.32° W)

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El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 15 Sep 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 15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Evening (15 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	15s

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

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	Monday 15				Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3631	3817	3585	3314	3062	2982	2792	2754	2424	2232	1972	1918	1633	1319	1280	1083	1067	976	891	864	706	705	687	570
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SE	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSE	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			4:37PM 0.63				5:22AM 1.14					6:11PM 0.65				6:35AM 1.17				7:22PM 0.71				7:37AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 0.34				10:02PM 0.32					12:41PM 0.30			11:28PM 0.33					1:43PM 0.25				12:46AM 0.30

	Monday 15				Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	18	15	15	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	16	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at El Rancio (light winds from the SSW at Defensa Civil- Arica 3 km from El Rancio). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW
3 hours 13 minutes ago El Rancio

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3 h 13 min ago

14 km/h

SSW

Cross-On

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