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El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 20 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
21.8° C
 (Which is 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: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.5
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
E
1.4
E
0.3
S
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)99999955888458910101010569910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80785530525435343349494597104256557421961139352323
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
15
S
25
SE
25
E
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
ESE
35
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
E
35
E
40
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
0.33
9:08PM
0.22
2:47AM
0.18
9:17AM
0.32
9:43PM
0.24
3:16AM
0.17
10:02AM
0.31
2:53PM
0.19
10:21PM
0.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.18
5:08PM
0.08
12:22AM
0.15
5:01AM
0.16
5:49PM
0.10
1:11AM
0.15
5:51AM
0.13
2:07PM
0.19
6:31PM
0.11
2:06AM
0.15
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise5:46-------5:47-------5:48-------
Sunset----7:53-------7:52-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171819202019181717192222212019181720252323222019
Feels °C (?)161616161514141414161916141413131417221717191715
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