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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
21.4° 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 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
2
1
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 (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.4
E
0.1
S
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111010101010101010101051110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1832252051641381581704141561531501471772553203001111001001009897236
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
40
E
45
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.29
7:21PM
0.28
8:07AM
0.29
8:01PM
0.32
8:54AM
0.29
1:47PM
0.21
8:45PM
0.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.11
3:16PM
0.14
3:23AM
0.07
3:57PM
0.15
4:14AM
0.04
12:25PM
0.20
4:37PM
0.16
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------6:53-------6:52-------6:51-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C212120202019191919191920212221201919192124242322
Feels °C (?)242317171716161617181920192018181719181921191718
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