El Rancio Surf Forecast

/ Atacama (12 surf breaks) /

Chile (102 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.51° S 70.32° W)

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El Rancio surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 17 Oct 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 15.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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 1AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-04) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Evening (18 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

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	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1407	1387	1170	1089	1027	946	946	932	918	890	784	746	734	734	734	734	722	605	595	518	509	475	411	372
Wind (km/h)	SW	W	SW	N	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	N	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:03PM 0.90				8:01AM 1.10				8:43PM 0.99				8:43AM 1.06					9:19PM 1.06				9:21AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)				1:45AM 0.32				2:31PM 0.19				2:37AM 0.29					3:02PM 0.18				3:23AM 0.27

	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	16	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16	16	17	19	20
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Atacama

Wind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at El Rancio (light winds from the SSW at Arica 17 km from El Rancio). 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
4 hours 2 minutes ago El Rancio

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17 km away, 4 h 2 min ago

18 km/h

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15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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