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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Friday 09 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
23.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
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 (?)
1.4
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SE
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.5
S
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010105595665666688888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39217022512288708639574840941309411811915125325916813512810494
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
35
ESE
45
ESE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
0.28
12:26PM
0.25
4:32PM
0.21
12:43AM
0.29
1:30PM
0.23
5:23PM
0.21
1:39AM
0.29
2:47PM
0.21
6:09PM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.07
3:32PM
0.21
8:27PM
0.12
9:02AM
0.07
4:05PM
0.21
9:11PM
0.14
9:56AM
0.07
4:52PM
0.20
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--5:35-------5:35-------5:37-----
Sunset------7:57-------7:57-------7:57-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1161972245322225-
Temp. °C181718192121202020181718181819212121212121212121
Feels °C (?)141415151615151516131212101011161717171817171919
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