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El Toro Viejo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 -04
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El Toro Viejo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Toro Viejo sea temperature is
21.2° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Toro Viejo today?

The current surf forecast for El Toro Viejo at 1PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111116161615141414151613131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)835771746734605595500475466450441452602739720114215821724193720961349123511861222
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
W
0
W
0
NW
0
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
W
5
NW
0
E
0
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.77
10:28PM
1.32
10:46AM
0.79
11:01PM
1.32
11:22AM
0.82
11:33PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.32
3:35PM
0.29
5:19AM
0.29
4:12PM
0.29
5:50AM
0.27
4:49PM
0.30
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:20------
Sunset----8:23-------8:23-------8:23---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222123242422222221222323222222222223242524232222
Feels °C (?)242325242524252523242425242524252425252625262424
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