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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 10 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 5AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)666678888888777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72105193319696964109711901047956765575455320261189206112998362626853
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
35
ESE
45
ESE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
50
SSE
50
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
SW
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.29
1:30PM
0.23
5:23PM
0.21
1:39AM
0.29
2:47PM
0.21
6:09PM
0.21
2:36AM
0.29
4:17PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.07
4:05PM
0.21
9:11PM
0.14
9:56AM
0.07
4:52PM
0.20
9:52PM
0.16
10:50AM
0.07
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise--5:35-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset------7:57-------7:57-------7:55-
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1111763941---------------
Temp. °C201818181718181819192020202020202020202121222221
Feels °C (?)1613111189101013131416161618192020222221212020
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