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El Emir surf break

El Emir surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 -03
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El Emir surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Emir sea temperature is
22.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Emir today?

The current surf forecast for El Emir at 4PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
1
SE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)566666656667444466677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90114866961564423291818339151934159188312382308233240245
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
SE
20
ESE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
S
25
SE
45
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.33
7:05PM
0.20
6:29AM
0.33
7:36PM
0.20
7:10AM
0.34
8:05PM
0.20
2:02AM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.06
9:46PM
0.17
2:59PM
0.06
10:21PM
0.17
3:43PM
0.07
10:58PM
0.16
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise5:41-------5:43-------5:43-------
Sunset----7:54-------7:54-------7:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020201919191818222525242323221820191818181716
Feels °C (?)141516161515151515202322202020201113111010111011
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