El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 21 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
21.2° C
(Which is 3.4°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: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
E
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.2
W
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1111111010106101010555108777776687
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1199475726968504938407570493782969381515031312234
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NW
30
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
0
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.23
4:32PM
0.18
10:50PM
0.44
11:37AM
0.22
5:12PM
0.18
11:44PM
0.40
12:29PM
0.22
5:48PM
0.18
12:43AM
0.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
-0.03
1:53PM
0.14
6:16PM
0.17
7:28AM
-0.01
2:38PM
0.14
7:15PM
0.16
8:23AM
0.02
3:27PM
0.15
8:17PM
0.14
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-7:07-------7:07-------7:09------
Sunset----6:07-------6:07-------6:06---
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-1-13331---------------
Temp. °C181819181819191919161617171818171717181818171615
Feels °C (?)151516151517181816111012131516151515151517171413
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