Today's Cabo Polonio sea temperature is 12.0 °C
(Slightly cooler than normal)
| Mean: | 12.5 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Range: | 10.8 °C to 14.3 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.
The water temperature (12 °C) at Cabo Polonio is rather cold today and the windchill (4 °C) will make the air temperature seem even colder, not helped by a lack of sunshine. You'll need a thick hooded winter wetsuit to keep your head warm and ideally neoprene gloves and neoprene boots too.
 Map of current Uruguay Surface Water Temperatures (based on measurements from oceanographic satellites) |  Map of current Uruguay Sea Water Temperature Anomalies (compared with long term averages at this time of year) |
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Below is a graph of Historical Sea Surface Temperature for Cabo Polonio. This has been derived from analysis of two decades of oceanographic satellite measurements of nearby open water. We have calculated the average water temperature variation around the year as well as the extremes that have been observed on each date.
All of the graphs for the surf breaks presented on Surf-Forecast.com are on the same scale to enable comparison between locations around the world.
Cabo Polonio sea temperatures peak in the range 21 to 24°C (70 to 75°F) on around the 29th of January and are at their minimum on about the 6th of August, in the range 9 to 14°C (48 to 57°F). Cabo Polonio sea temperatures are always warm reach their maximum in late January. You'll need a 2mm neoprene top or a shorty at dawn/dusk or if it's windy. At its minimum in the first week of August, low sea temperatures at Cabo Polonio are suited to a 5/4mm or 5/3mm good quality wetsuit with neoprene gloves and 3mm boots. You will need a hood if it's windy or the air is cold.
Actual sea surface water temperatures close to shore at Cabo Polonio can vary by several degrees compared with these open water averages. This is especially true after heavy rain, close to river mouths or after long periods of strong offshore winds. Offshore winds cause colder deep water to replace surface water that has been warmed by the sun. Air temperature, wind-chill and sunshine should also be considered before deciding on the kind of wetsuit needed to stay warm when surfing at Cabo Polonio. Refer to our detailed weather forecasts for this information.
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