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Matanzas

O'Higgins · Intermediate Epic
1.7m
8/10
9s 10 km/h
Matanzas - surf spot in O'Higgins

About Matanzas

Matanzas is a picturesque fishing cove on the central coast of Chile, known for its excellent right that breaks over a rocky bottom and for being one of the country's great wind-sports destinations. The wave offers good rides and well-shaped sections, ideal for intermediate surfers looking for quality in a quiet, charming setting. Its most characteristic feature is the wind: the steady breezes of the area have made it a mecca for kitesurfing and windsurfing, so many surfers take advantage of the calmer mornings for the best waves. The best season runs from autumn to winter, between March and September, with south swells, and the cold water makes a wetsuit essential. Near Pichilemu and with a bohemian, relaxed atmosphere, Matanzas is a perfect stop to combine surf, wind sports and the life of an authentic Chilean cove.

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 19/10/2026 00:03

Epic
8/10

Waves

1.7m

13.3s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

9.2s WSW

Wind

10 km/h

Gusts 16 km/h SW

Secondary Swell

0.9m

15.6s SW

Temp.

15.2°C

🥶 4/3mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 07:00
↓ 20:04
🌙
↑ 11:40
↓ 01:19
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 05:10 - 0.88m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.7m 💨 7 km/h
Epic 8/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

05:10

0.88m

Low Tide

12:42

0.23m

High Tide

19:10

0.59m

Low Tide

23:42

0.44m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.6m-1.8m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
10 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.6m-2.6m

12s

WSW WSW WSW
26 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.9m-3.1m

9s

SW SW SW
22 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.5m-1.9m

10s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

9s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌖

Sat

1.2m-1.3m

8s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.2m-1.3m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.4m-1.8m

9s

SW SW WSW
17 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.8m-2.0m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
14 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

16 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

17 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 05:10 (0.88m) 12:42 (0.23m) 19:10 (0.59m) 23:42 (0.44m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

252° WSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 13s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Good

1.8m - 1.8m

250° WSW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 11s
⚡ 192 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

227° SW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 9s
⚡ 240 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

231° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 06:21 (0.98m) 13:30 (0.22m) 19:50 (0.73m)
Morning Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

236° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 192 kJ
Midday Poor

1.9m - 1.9m

235° SW
Period: 12s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 255 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.1m - 2.2m

232° SW
Period: 12s
33 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 312 kJ
At night Good

2.0m - 2.6m

237° WSW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 283 kJ
Tides: 00:54 (0.42m) 07:15 (1.05m) 14:10 (0.16m) 20:17 (0.83m)
Morning Fair

2.8m - 3.0m

302° WNW
Period: 7s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.5m 11s
⚡ 189 kJ
Midday Fair

2.4m - 2.5m

298° WNW
Period: 7s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.4m 11s
⚡ 139 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.2m - 2.3m

320° NW
Period: 7s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.4m 11s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Good

2.5m - 3.1m

231° SW
Period: 11s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
Tides: 01:50 (0.34m) 08:00 (1.07m) 14:40 (0.06m) 20:43 (0.88m)
Morning Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

233° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

233° SW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 142 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

234° SW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Fair

1.7m - 1.9m

233° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 142 kJ
Tides: 02:40 (0.16m) 08:39 (1.03m) 15:07 (-0.06m) 21:16 (0.96m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

233° SW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 4s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

234° SW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

233° SW
Period: 9s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 78 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

233° SW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 78 kJ
Tides: 03:20 (0.03m) 09:20 (1.01m) 15:34 (-0.11m) 21:47 (1.08m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

233° SW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

233° SW
Period: 8s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

242° WSW
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 41 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

232° SW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 53 kJ
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

256° WSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 67 kJ
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

234° SW
Period: 5s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

234° SW
Period: 8s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 80 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.8m - 1.8m

237° WSW
Period: 12s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.8m

238° WSW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 126 kJ
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.9m

238° WSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 6s
⚡ 192 kJ
Midday Poor

1.9m - 1.9m

237° WSW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 214 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.9m - 2.0m

236° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 214 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 1.9m

238° WSW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 6s
⚡ 192 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
23 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
15 km/h
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.6m 13s 1.4m / 9s WSW 2 km/h 0.9m / 16s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.64m
9
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.7m 13s 1.3m / 9s WSW 10 km/h 0.9m / 16s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.75m
8
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.7m 13s 1.3m / 10s WSW 11 km/h 1.0m / 15s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.84m
6
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.7m 14s 1.3m / 10s WSW 9 km/h 1.0m / 14s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.88m
8
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.7m 14s 1.3m / 10s WSW 7 km/h 1.1m / 14s SW - 0.20 m/s 0.0 2.4 km 0.86m
8
Mon 19 Oct 07:00 1.7m 14s 1.3m / 10s WSW 6 km/h 1.1m / 14s SW - - 0.0 4.7 km 0.80m
8

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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).

Today's conditions at Matanzas

Right now, Matanzas has waves of about 1.7m with a swell period of 9 seconds and SW (10 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Matanzas you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Matanzas is around 16 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Matanzas

Is the wave at Matanzas a left or a right?
The wave at Matanzas breaks mainly to the right.
What level do you need to surf at Matanzas?
Matanzas is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Matanzas?
The best season to surf at Matanzas is Autumn and winter (March to September).
Where is Matanzas located?
Matanzas is located in O'Higgins, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Matanzas?
The water is around 16 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit is recommended.

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)
View full methodology
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