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Matanzas

O'Higgins · Intermediate Fair
2.3m
5/10
10s 14 km/h
Matanzas - surf spot in O'Higgins

About Matanzas

Picturesque fishing cove with an excellent right-hander breaking over rocky bottom. Also known as a kitesurfing destination due to its consistent winds.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 Autumn and winter (March to September) ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-33.9609°, -71.8794° O'Higgins

Matanzas — O'Higgins

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:03

Fair
5/10

Waves

2.3m

11.7s period

Primary Swell

2.2m

10.3s WSW

Wind

14 km/h

Gusts 24 km/h SSE

Secondary Swell

0.4m

3.1s S

Temp.

11.8°C

🧊 5/4mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
07:52
17:52
🌙
00:29
11:36
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 05:03 - 0.81m

Today's Tides

High Tide

04:00

0.74m

Low Tide

10:13

0.17m

High Tide

15:45

0.63m

Low Tide

22:13

-0.05m

Weekly Summary

Today

2.3m-2.3m

10s

WSW
15 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

2.0m-2.4m

10s

WSW WSW SW
5 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.6m-1.9m

9s

SW SW SW
4 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.4m-1.7m

9s

W W W
10 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.2m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.1m-2.4m

13s

SW SW SW
5 km/h
🌑

Tue

2.5m-3.1m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
5 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.7m-2.5m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
14 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.6m-2.6m

7s

SW SW SW
23 km/h
🌑

Fri

2.7m-4.6m

8s

WNW NW NW
32 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

25 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 04:00 (0.74m) 10:13 (0.17m) 15:45 (0.63m) 22:13 (-0.05m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Good

2.3m - 2.3m

244° WSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
⚡ 260 kJ
Tides: 05:03 (0.81m) 11:23 (0.13m) 16:56 (0.57m) 23:04 (0.00m)
Morning Good

2.3m - 2.4m

242° WSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 3s
⚡ 260 kJ
Midday Epic

2.2m - 2.2m

237° WSW
Period: 9s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 10s
⚡ 192 kJ
Afternoon Epic

2.1m - 2.1m

222° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 9s
⚡ 217 kJ
At night Good

2.2m - 2.4m

221° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 288 kJ
Tides: 05:57 (0.93m) 12:57 (0.04m) 18:13 (0.49m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

221° SW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 8s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

263° W
Period: 8s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 80 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

262° W
Period: 8s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 80 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

221° SW
Period: 9s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 9s
⚡ 129 kJ
Tides: 00:03 (-0.05m) 06:57 (1.01m) 13:57 (-0.09m) 19:30 (0.49m)
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

256° WSW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 80 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

258° WSW
Period: 8s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

246° WSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 102 kJ
Tides: 01:03 (-0.07m) 07:56 (1.17m) 14:56 (-0.18m) 20:35 (0.56m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

223° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

223° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

223° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

222° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 02:00 (-0.09m) 08:49 (1.30m) 15:46 (-0.27m) 21:30 (0.62m)
Morning Epic

1.2m - 1.2m

224° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Epic

1.4m - 1.5m

253° WSW
Period: 15s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 10s
⚡ 217 kJ
Afternoon Epic

1.7m - 1.9m

256° WSW
Period: 14s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 10s
⚡ 278 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 2.4m

224° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 02:56 (-0.16m) 09:40 (1.39m) 16:37 (-0.35m) 22:21 (0.64m)
Morning Epic

3.1m - 3.1m

249° WSW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
⚡ 571 kJ
Midday Epic

3.0m - 3.1m

248° WSW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
⚡ 535 kJ
Afternoon Epic

2.9m - 3.0m

249° WSW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
⚡ 413 kJ
At night Epic

2.7m - 3.0m

249° WSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 15s
⚡ 433 kJ
Morning Good

2.1m - 2.3m

245° WSW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 175 kJ
Midday Good

1.9m - 2.0m

227° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 177 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.8m - 1.8m

224° SW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 129 kJ
At night Good

2.1m - 2.5m

247° WSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 175 kJ
Morning Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

258° WSW
Period: 6s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Poor

1.8m - 1.8m

302° WNW
Period: 6s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.0m - 2.1m

298° WNW
Period: 6s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Poor

2.0m - 2.6m

222° SW
Period: 8s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 126 kJ
Morning Fair

4.0m - 4.4m

313° NW
Period: 8s
42 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 503 kJ
Midday Fair

4.5m - 4.6m

307° NW
Period: 9s
49 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 805 kJ
Afternoon Fair

4.1m - 4.4m

311° NW
Period: 8s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 11s
⚡ 528 kJ
At night Fair

3.1m - 3.7m

313° NW
Period: 7s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 11s
⚡ 231 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
27 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
37 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
32 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 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 23:00 2.3m 12s 2.3m / 10s WSW 15 km/h 0.0m / 1s SE - - 0.0 10+ km -0.03m
6
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 2.3m 12s 2.2m / 10s WSW 14 km/h 0.4m / 3s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.09m
5
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 2.4m 12s 2.0m / 11s WSW 13 km/h 0.8m / 5s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.26m
6
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 2.4m 12s 1.9m / 11s SW 8 km/h 1.3m / 7s W - - 0.0 10+ km 0.46m
6
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 2.4m 12s 2.1m / 11s WSW 10 km/h 0.8m / 5s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.64m
6
Thu 09 Jul 04:00 2.4m 12s 2.2m / 10s WSW 14 km/h 0.4m / 3s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.76m
5

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Surf information for Matanzas

Matanzas is a Intermediate level surf spot located in O'Higgins, Chile. The bottom surface is roca y arena. The best season to surf is Autumn and winter (March to September).

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

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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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