El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
20.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Barco today?

The current surf forecast for El Barco at 10PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
E
0.5
S
0.6
E
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1099956677778888998777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)466343617318722018916311360103805847371312121823222122
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
0.24
4:46PM
0.20
11:07PM
0.42
12:00PM
0.22
5:38PM
0.19
12:00AM
0.41
12:52PM
0.21
6:27PM
0.19
12:56AM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
0.16
6:43PM
0.18
7:44AM
-0.01
2:56PM
0.15
7:30PM
0.18
8:40AM
0.00
3:44PM
0.15
8:23PM
0.17
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47
Sunset--6:46-------6:45-------6:44-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
311---------------------
Temp. °C171818191918171718181818161616161920191918171617
Feels °C (?)16181617121091114151717141414141717151615151416
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