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Matanzas surfForecast / Santiago / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 16 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matanzas today?

The current surf forecast for Matanzas at 11PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)--
Evening (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
4
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)12121291010101099910111111111212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1978201118811265116111049791175115612911389172418621834181519151787213220952059145213401060928
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
20
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
S
5
SW
0
WSW
5
N
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
1.36
11:03AM
0.86
11:05PM
1.42
11:36AM
0.88
11:40PM
1.46
12:09PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
0.33
5:19AM
0.19
4:26PM
0.28
5:53AM
0.15
5:02PM
0.23
6:25AM
0.11
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:54-------6:54--
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)
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Temp. °C201716171719212221181919181920201917161615161919
Feels °C (?)141313161617171615121615151719181716161615161817
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