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Arica (El Gringo)

Arica y Parinacota · Expert Good
1.3m
7/10
10s 2 km/h
Arica (El Gringo) - surf spot in Arica y Parinacota

About Arica (El Gringo)

Extreme barrel wave breaking over a shallow reef at the base of a cliff. Exclusively for expert surfers experienced in hollow and powerful waves.

Characteristics

Level
Extreme conditions. Only for very experienced surfers.
· 📅 Summer (December to March) ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-18.4810°, -70.3330° Arica y Parinacota

Arica (El Gringo) — Arica y Parinacota

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:03

Good
7/10

Waves

1.3m

12.0s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

10.1s SW

Wind

2 km/h

Gusts 6 km/h SE

Secondary Swell

0.0m

1.4s N

Temp.

18.7°C

🧥 3/2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
07:13
18:18
🌙
00:05
11:51
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 03:52 - 0.86m

Today's Tides

High Tide

03:00

0.75m

Low Tide

08:30

0.39m

High Tide

14:18

0.74m

Low Tide

20:53

0.12m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.3m

10s

SW SW
2 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.3m-1.6m

12s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.7m-1.7m

11s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.4m-1.7m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
4 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.4m-1.5m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
5 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.3m-1.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
4 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.5m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.5m-1.6m

10s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.0m-1.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
4 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

3 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:00 (0.75m) 08:30 (0.39m) 14:18 (0.74m) 20:53 (0.12m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

215° SW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 03:52 (0.86m) 10:06 (0.39m) 15:30 (0.69m) 21:39 (0.14m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

216° SW
Period: 13s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 163 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

215° SW
Period: 13s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 187 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

215° SW
Period: 13s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 187 kJ
At night Epic

1.4m - 1.6m

215° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 139 kJ
Tides: 04:45 (0.96m) 11:30 (0.34m) 16:30 (0.61m) 22:30 (0.10m)
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

216° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 181 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

216° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

217° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 152 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 1.7m

216° SW
Period: 12s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 05:42 (1.05m) 12:30 (0.25m) 17:39 (0.57m) 23:30 (0.09m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

215° SW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
⚡ 172 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

214° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
⚡ 172 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
⚡ 142 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 7s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 06:36 (1.15m) 13:38 (0.17m) 18:47 (0.58m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
⚡ 126 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
9 km/h
⚡ 110 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

213° SSW
Period: 9s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 89 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 126 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (0.08m) 07:30 (1.27m) 14:36 (0.12m) 19:52 (0.63m)
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 13s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 15s
⚡ 78 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.4m

211° SSW
Period: 9s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 78 kJ
Tides: 01:24 (0.08m) 08:26 (1.37m) 15:20 (0.11m) 20:54 (0.73m)
Morning Epic

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 15s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Good

1.4m - 1.4m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

230° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
At night Epic

1.4m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 116 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

227° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

225° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

232° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

229° SW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

221° SW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

221° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 126 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

220° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

217° SW
Period: 11s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.4m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 5s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.1m - 1.1m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Epic

1.4m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
2 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
2 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 08 Jul 22:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 10s SW 2 km/h 0.0m / 1s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.17m
6
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 10s SW 2 km/h 0.0m / 1s N - - 0.0 10+ km 0.28m
7
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 10s SW 1 km/h 0.0m / 1s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.43m
7
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 10s SW 1 km/h 0.0m / 1s NNE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.59m
7
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 10s SW 1 km/h 0.0m / 1s NE - - 0.0 10+ km 0.73m
7
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.3m 12s 1.3m / 11s SW 1 km/h 0.2m / 3s E - - 0.0 10+ km 0.83m
7

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Surf information for Arica (El Gringo)

Arica (El Gringo) is a Expert level surf spot located in Arica y Parinacota, Chile. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is Summer (December to March).

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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