Las Machas surf break

Las Machas surfForecast / Atacama / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 09 Mar 2026 -04
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Las Machas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Las Machas sea temperature is
21.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Las Machas today?

The current surf forecast for Las Machas at 2AM is: 2.4m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Afternoon (10 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (10 Mar)7ft (2.1m)15s

Table - waves today at Las Machas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
5
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)181817171616161616151516161615151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295534833597328727702702266826682325180818333058298229442620217321442114183615871496128012801083
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
S
5
S
0
SSE
0
S
0
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
0
SW
0
SSW
0
SSW
0
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
S
0
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
0.76
3:10PM
1.04
3:02AM
0.69
4:16PM
1.02
4:29AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
0.49
8:01AM
0.40
10:08PM
0.53
8:46AM
0.45
11:42PM
0.53
9:53AM
0.48
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----7:41-------7:41-------7:43--
Sunset8:00-------8:00-------7:59-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242222222222242525222222212224252422222221222425
Feels °C (?)252424252524252526242525242525252524252524252525
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