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Playa Las Salinas

Valparaíso · Chile

IntermediateBeach break-32.411, -71.410

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Playa Las Salinas 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

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~12.8°C (55°F) on average

Jan

16.9°C

62.4°F · 14.5–19.6°C

Feb

17°C

62.6°F · 14.6–18.6°C

Mar

16.9°C

62.4°F · 13.5–19.4°C

Apr

15.3°C

59.5°F · 12.7–17.3°C

May

14.2°C

57.6°F · 12.3–15.7°C

Jun

13.7°C

56.7°F · 12.1–15.3°C

Jul

12.9°C

55.2°F · 11.6–14.2°C

Aug

12.6°C

54.7°F · 11.6–14.3°C

Sep

12.8°C

55°F · 11.9–14.1°C

Oct

13.2°C

55.8°F · 12.2–14.1°C

Nov

14.3°C

57.7°F · 12.2–16.1°C

Dec

15.7°C

60.3°F · 14.2–18.4°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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