El Chorro Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

El Chorro in South Uruguay is an exposed point break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the north northwest. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the south.There is a left hand point break here. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for rocks.

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Overall El Chorro Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to El Chorro:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Bikini	1 mi
Second closest break	Club del la Playa	2 mi
Third closest break	Tiki	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Montoya	5 mi
Fifth closest break	La Boya	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to El Chorro:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	365 mi
Second closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	3395 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	3403 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Middle Atlantic Buoy	3433 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	3579 mi
Tide stations nearest to El Chorro:
Closest tide station	Laguna, Brazil	563 mi
Second closest tide station	Imbituba, Brazil	583 mi
Third closest tide station	Florianópolis, Brazil	622 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Itajaí, Brazil	659 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Paranaguá, Brazil	748 mi
Ski Resorts closest to El Chorro:
Closest ski area	Vallecitos (Argentina)	853 mi
Second closest ski area	Las Lenas (Argentina)	868 mi
Third closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	879 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Los Puquios (Argentina)	880 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Lagunillas Ski Center (Chile)	891 mi
Town and city forecasts close to El Chorro:
Closest city location	San Carlos (Uruguay)	11 mi
Second closest city location	Maldonado (Uruguay)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Punta del Este (Uruguay)	13 mi
Fourth closest city location	Pan de Azucar (Uruguay)	28 mi
Fifth closest city location	Piriapolis (Uruguay)	30 mi

• The closest passenger airport to El Chorro is El Jaguel International (Punta Del Este) Airport (PDP) in Uruguay, which is 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to El Chorro is Carrasco International (Montevideo) Airport (MVD), also in Uruguay, 117 km (73 miles) away.
• The third closest airport is Angel S Adami (Montevideo) Airport (MVD), also in Uruguay, 139 km (86 miles) away.