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El Toro Viejo surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 15 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
21.3° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 4PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212161216161515141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)241326331331326306292287443436436319271371407657730140913891295116911511030998
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
20
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
0.71
8:39PM
1.22
8:47AM
0.73
9:18PM
1.26
9:30AM
0.75
9:54PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.34
3:38AM
0.39
2:15PM
0.32
4:14AM
0.35
2:56PM
0.31
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-7:16-------7:16-------7:18------
Sunset----8:23-------8:23-------8:23---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222225252423222222222324242223232223232424222221
Feels °C (?)242426242625242525242425252426252424242525242523
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