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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 11 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 9PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777777674766666444666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295214170131997565574622601991410201319121914171812
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SE
20
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.21
6:09PM
0.21
2:36AM
0.29
4:17PM
0.20
3:30AM
0.30
5:14PM
0.20
4:20AM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
0.07
4:52PM
0.20
9:52PM
0.16
10:50AM
0.07
10:28PM
0.17
11:43AM
0.07
10:55PM
0.19
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------5:37-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset--7:57-------7:55-------7:55-----
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C212121202020192021232322201919212324232221212123
Feels °C (?)171719192022212222222020171819232323222121222124
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