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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 -03
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El Barco surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Barco sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 1PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s

Table - waves today at El Barco. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.1
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.2
SE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)666666666653448885555545
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21201315217718121045183114411715342855120
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
E
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
10
SSE
25
ESE
25
E
0
SSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.30
5:14PM
0.20
4:20AM
0.31
5:56PM
0.20
5:06AM
0.32
6:33PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.07
10:55PM
0.19
12:35PM
0.07
8:47PM
0.19
1:26PM
0.07
9:13PM
0.18
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise5:39-------5:39-------5:41-------
Sunset----7:55-------7:55-------7:55---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C192223232322222121232424242221212127272625252323
Feels °C (?)192423232322242323252423222018202128282424292221
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