Beach
both
Level 3/10
El Laucho
Arica, Chile
🌀Strong rips
El Laucho is a beginner-friendly beach and reef break south of Arica center, offering mellow waves as an alternative to the heavy slabs nearby. A good warm-up spot before tackling more challenging breaks.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
1.6m
SSW(203°)
Score: 22/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
9km/h
SSE(157°)
Score: 12/25
Weather
21°C
0.0mm29%
Windswell Component
0.1mWSW@1s
Secondary Swell
0.2mWNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 2 km/h ENE|PM: 11 km/h SSW
2 km/h vs 11 km/h afternoon
High tide at 8am (0.4m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
2:06 am
Low tide - -0.35m
8:07 am
High tide - 0.39m
1:50 pm
Low tide - -0.23m
8:02 pm
High tide - 0.67m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
71
GoodComponents
Swell Direction12/25
Swell Size22/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind12/25
Raw Score71/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score71
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SW (225°)
- Direction range
- 200° - 250°
- Size range
- 0.9m - 1.8m
- Ideal size
- 1.5m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 14s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NE (45°)
- Offshore range
- 20° - 70°
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid to high
- Optimal range
- 0.4m - 1.5m
Water temp
18°C
Wetsuit
3/2mm fullsuit
Difficulty
3/10
Crowd level
4/10
Access: South of Arica center.
Best Season
Peak: Mar-Oct
Secondary: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb
Year-round. Beginner-friendly.
Getting There
Airport
ARIDrive time
10 minData quality
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