Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Barco today (20 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for El Barco at 3PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (20 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (20 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at El Barco. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun morning, near gales from the WSW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 11 | E 10 | ESE 10 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 13 | S 15 | S 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 119 | 76 | 57 | 74 | 81 | 78 | 157 | 141 | 125 | 117 | 239 | 321 | 471 | 606 | 828 | 751 | 732 | 618 | 408 | 1344 | 2546 | 3972 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 3:16AM0.18m | 7:44AM0.20m | 2:04PM0.28m | 8:26AM0.20m | 3:06PM0.27m | 8:42AM0.20m | 4:19PM0.26m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:39AM0.18m | 9:14AM0.20m | 10:47PM0.10m | 10:03AM0.20m | 11:42PM0.11m | 11:06AM0.19m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  |  |  | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Feels °C | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 11 | E 10 | ESE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 12 | S 13 | SSE 16 | E 11 | S 15 |
| kJ | 119 | 76 | 57 | 74 | 81 | 78 | 157 | 141 | 125 | 85 | 61 | 42 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 316 | 266 | 9 | 2474 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 | E 11 | ESE 12 | SSW 4 | S 8 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | E 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 10 | E 12 | E 11 | — | E 10 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 10 | 10 | — | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | S 9 | S 8 | WSW 4 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 13 | S 15 | S 14 |
| kJ | 240 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 78 | 117 | 239 | 321 | 471 | 606 | 828 | 751 | 732 | 618 | 408 | 1344 | 2546 | 3972 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 190 | 33 | 79 | 126 | 671 | 963 | 690 | 659 | 237 | 167 | 167 | 970 | 225 | 225 | 225 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay - South | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Barco surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest