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Playa Locayo

Coquimbo · Chile

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Playa Locayo 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: ~13.3°C (55.9°F) on average

Jan

16.7°C

62.1°F · 14.2–19.2°C

Feb

17.2°C

63°F · 14.9–19.6°C

Mar

16.8°C

62.2°F · 13.6–20.1°C

Apr

15.4°C

59.7°F · 13–17.6°C

May

14.3°C

57.7°F · 12.3–17.2°C

Jun

13.7°C

56.7°F · 11.9–15.1°C

Jul

13.1°C

55.6°F · 12–14.6°C

Aug

12.8°C

55°F · 11.5–14.2°C

Sep

12.9°C

55.2°F · 11.5–15.9°C

Oct

13.3°C

55.9°F · 12.1–14.5°C

Nov

14°C

57.2°F · 11.9–15.9°C

Dec

15.3°C

59.5°F · 13.3–17.2°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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