El Barco Surf Forecast

/ South (25 surf breaks) /

Uruguay (54 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.96° S 54.93° W)

Surf Forecasts:

El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 -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 12.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Evening (20 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 20						Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	E	E	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	13	12	6	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	5	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	698	714	574	468	371	693	708	464	315	226	228	272	160	101	78	53	41	22	31	54	52	127	286	472
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	ESE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:59AM 0.20		10:13AM 0.17		5:06PM 0.37				5:53AM 0.21		11:01AM 0.17			6:07PM 0.36				6:42AM 0.23	11:41AM 0.16			7:03PM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 0.16		12:10PM 0.16				1:38AM 0.05			9:10AM 0.16	1:25PM 0.14				2:34AM 0.06			10:13AM 0.16	2:31PM 0.12

	Wednesday 20						Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	-	1	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	6	2	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	15	15	13	12	13	13	13	17	17	14	11	10	10
Feels °C (?)	9	11	11	8	2	1	2	3	3	5	9	12	12	8	7	7	7	7	14	15	11	3	1	1

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at El Barco (moderate winds from the NNW at Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport 18 km from El Barco). A 1.8m groundswell from the E
1 hour 29 minutes ago El Barco

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18 km away, 1 h 29 min ago

26 km/h

NNW

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12.1

Air / Water (°C)

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