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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 08 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
23.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 4PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
SE
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)888881110101010105599866666788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)366298264298196275221164225122906786392422648580736079128143
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
40
SE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
0.29
11:49PM
0.28
12:26PM
0.25
4:32PM
0.21
12:43AM
0.29
1:30PM
0.23
5:23PM
0.21
1:39AM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
0.08
7:41PM
0.10
8:08AM
0.07
3:32PM
0.21
8:27PM
0.12
9:02AM
0.07
4:05PM
0.21
9:11PM
0.14
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise5:33-------5:35-------5:35-------
Sunset----7:57-------7:57-------7:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------32-331--
Temp. °C161718191918181718192121201920201818181818182020
Feels °C (?)101213141413131415151615141415171711111312121415
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