El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 08 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
21.5° C
(Which is 2.2°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 12PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)111010101111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25731778163517141547143712531216103012911102713645582515462414382332332293293258229
Wind
(km/h)
55
S
50
SSW
45
S
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.20
6:04PM
0.21
11:55PM
0.31
1:10PM
0.18
6:50PM
0.22
12:31AM
0.29
1:59PM
0.18
7:32PM
0.22
1:15AM
0.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.06
2:42PM
0.18
7:38PM
0.21
8:43AM
0.08
3:02PM
0.18
8:18PM
0.21
9:28AM
0.09
3:25PM
0.17
9:05PM
0.21
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:24-------6:22-------6:22---
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
7111--------------------
Temp. °C191919191918181718181818181717171615161717171516
Feels °C (?)111112121212121113131415151516171514161616151214
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