El Gringo, Arica

El Gringo, Arica is a W-facing reef break in Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 48% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.

Break

Reef

Faces

W (272°)

Best swell

SSW to W (200°–270°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

NE to SE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to WNW (183° to 303.5°)

Offshore wind

E

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

None yet