- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
El Emir surfForecast / South / Uruguay
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 28 Apr 2026 -03Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
20.1° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at El Emir today?
The current surf forecast for El Emir at 5AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (29 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 10s |
| Evening (29 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at El Emir. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | |
343 | 263 | 214 | 210 | 167 | 130 | 97 | 94 | 59 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 193 | 186 | 179 | 119 | 39 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 73 | 50 | 48 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | off | off | off | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 5:36PM0.30m | 6:29AM0.25m | 6:21PM0.32m | 7:15AM0.25m | 11:24AM0.21m | 7:03PM0.34m | 7:58AM0.25m | 12:39PM0.20m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:46AM0.05m | 2:00PM0.14m | 2:36AM0.04m | 10:28AM0.21m | 2:45PM0.16m | 3:22AM0.03m | 11:03AM0.20m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — |
 | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 15 |
10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SW 5 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 6 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
 kJ | 343 | 263 | 214 | 210 | 167 | 130 | 97 | 94 | 59 | 40 | 39 | 17 | 193 | 186 | 179 | 119 | 20 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 73 | 50 | 48 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 8 | S 8 | — | S 8 | S 8 | E 10 | S 8 | E 9 | S 7 | SSW 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 11 | E 12 | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 11 | SE 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSE 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 | E 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 2 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NW 3 |
| kJ | 13 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 56 | 91 | 94 | 69 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 19 | 164 | 164 | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay - South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Emir surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest