El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.7°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 1PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)77787777777778881011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214186191111131107866850362425405858585879113278350259121121
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
20
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.26
2:00PM
0.20
8:19PM
0.42
9:19AM
0.25
2:57PM
0.20
9:08PM
0.45
10:04AM
0.24
3:48PM
0.19
9:59PM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
-0.02
11:49AM
0.18
3:50PM
0.19
4:46AM
-0.04
12:28PM
0.17
4:34PM
0.19
5:39AM
-0.04
1:09PM
0.15
5:23PM
0.18
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:12-------6:10-------6:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920202019191918182022202019191818192019191919
Feels °C (?)161616161818191917171921192119201817181817171818
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