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Playa Caleta Hornos

Coquimbo · Chile

IntermediateBeach break-29.621, -71.287

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Playa Caleta Hornos is a W-facing sand beach on the Chile shoreline, opening onto the Río de la Plata — it catches SW–NW swell, and offshore NE–SE winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~13.4°C (56.1°F) on average

Jan

17.1°C

62.8°F · 14.8–19.6°C

Feb

17.2°C

63°F · 13.8–19.8°C

Mar

16.7°C

62.1°F · 14.3–20.1°C

Apr

15.6°C

60.1°F · 13.9–17.3°C

May

14.3°C

57.7°F · 12.8–17.1°C

Jun

13.6°C

56.5°F · 12.2–15.2°C

Jul

13.3°C

55.9°F · 12.1–15.2°C

Aug

13°C

55.4°F · 11.5–14.6°C

Sep

13.1°C

55.6°F · 11.9–15.4°C

Oct

13.4°C

56.1°F · 12.4–15°C

Nov

14.3°C

57.7°F · 13.1–16°C

Dec

15.7°C

60.3°F · 13.8–17.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SW–NW

Best wind

NE–SE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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