El Barco Surf Forecast

/ South (25 surf breaks) /

Uruguay (54 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.96° S 54.93° W)

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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -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 14.1° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 7PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	4	4	8	5	5	5	4
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	69	49	34	33	33	39	50	55	58	43	43	46	50	54	52	51	23	18	36	13	22	17	13	32
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	SSW	S	E	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:59PM 0.31				5:35AM 0.24					6:02PM 0.30				6:24AM 0.26				6:57PM 0.29				7:09AM 0.28
Low Tide / height (m)		12:19PM 0.13				1:18AM 0.08				1:27PM 0.11				2:13AM 0.10				2:26PM 0.09					3:01AM 0.11

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	18	21	19	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	15	15	18	16	17	16	17	18	22	17	15	14	13	10	8	11	12	14	13	14	16	13	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South

Wind Update Cross-off wind 18 km from El Barco has become light (light winds from the NNE at Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport). Waves should be turning clean at El Barco. 0.5m 12s groundswell from the SE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 45 minutes ago El Barco

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18 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

9 km/h

NNE

0.0

14.1

Air / Water (°C)

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