Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Barco today (27 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for El Barco at 10AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Barco. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | ESE 9 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 418 | 304 | 299 | 241 | 157 | 149 | 144 | 93 | 87 | 96 | 78 | 45 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 139 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 11 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:17AM0.22m | 12:02PM0.17m | 7:25PM0.30m | 7:46AM0.24m | 8:09PM0.29m | 8:18AM0.26m | 8:52PM0.29m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:56AM0.10m | 11:08AM0.17m | 2:44PM0.15m | 3:37AM0.11m | 3:35PM0.13m | 4:17AM0.12m | 4:23PM0.10m | |||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | |  |  | |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — |
mm | — | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SE 5 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 |
| kJ | 418 | 304 | 299 | 241 | 157 | 149 | 58 | 68 | 52 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SE 11 | SSE 11 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | — | SE 10 | E 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | — | 21 | 23 | 27 | 44 | 52 | 144 | 93 | 87 | 96 | 78 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | — | 15 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | ENE 10 | S 7 | — | S 5 | SSE 10 | — | — | — | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 32 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | ENE 5 | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 10 | SE 5 | — | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 25 | 39 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 8 | 86 | 68 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 139 | 30 | — | 20 | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 38 | 225 | 79 | 79 | 237 | 167 | 237 | 396 | 160 | 421 | 396 | 17 | 251 | 237 | 237 | 272 | 314 | 272 | 272 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay - South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Barco surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest