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Matanzas surf break

Matanzas surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 -04
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Matanzas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Matanzas sea temperature is
15.4° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matanzas today?

The current surf forecast for Matanzas at 4AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
4
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
2
0
0
0
2
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)121111121111151414141313131312121291010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52851050157356393031972114205618142760260123102204204419781881113712611126913107011901331
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
0.79
9:50PM
1.29
10:27AM
0.82
10:29PM
1.36
11:03AM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.32
3:04PM
0.38
4:43AM
0.25
3:47PM
0.33
5:19AM
0.19
4:26PM
0.28
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset-------9:00-------9:00-------9:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414162020181615161618202020171516161821212018
Feels °C (?)131112141615111010131416181615131215151718161413
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