El Barco surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 24 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 8PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
S
0.3
SE
0.6
ESE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)77688889988888898810111111104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1371115584826146373622121213182015940193637351926
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
SSW
15
S
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
0.22
5:38PM
0.19
12:00AM
0.41
12:52PM
0.21
6:27PM
0.19
12:56AM
0.39
1:49PM
0.20
7:12PM
0.18
2:00AM
0.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.15
7:30PM
0.18
8:40AM
0.00
3:44PM
0.15
8:23PM
0.17
9:38AM
0.03
4:38PM
0.15
9:23PM
0.16
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48
Sunset--6:45-------6:44-------6:43-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181615161618192019181717172021202019192020
Feels °C (?)141517161313151517171716161516161818171918182019
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