El Rancio surf break

El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.2°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 5AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414151414141414141414161616151515151515161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224320821929186016671644156014271427142710801161112220582151206920371983214022762370249724972465
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
NNW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
ENE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
NE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
1.07
8:57AM
1.22
9:07PM
1.03
9:37AM
1.30
9:50PM
0.97
10:19AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.16
3:15PM
0.21
3:07AM
0.15
4:04PM
0.19
3:42AM
0.15
4:55PM
0.19
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset------6:29-------6:29-------6:28-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202223222020202019212322202019192022232120
Feels °C (?)212222222323232222222221222423222121202223232222
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