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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 08 Feb 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
23.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 3AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (09 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (09 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.7
E
0.3
S
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.2
SSE
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)999999910111313121212121111610677114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85615957403937495735123113767245403538164033341224
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
E
30
E
35
E
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NW
15
SSW
25
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
SW
25
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.20
12:51AM
0.31
1:59PM
0.20
6:05PM
0.20
1:39AM
0.30
3:18PM
0.19
7:05PM
0.20
2:29AM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.20
8:27PM
0.16
9:15AM
0.07
4:10PM
0.19
9:00PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.07
4:41PM
0.19
9:24PM
0.19
10:54AM
0.08
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:09--
Sunset7:40-------7:39-------7:38-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222119181821262525232221212527262624242525252424
Feels °C (?)181715151618242120191919202527252522222322232222
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