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El Emir surf break

El Emir surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 15 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
22.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Emir today?

The current surf forecast for El Emir at 3AM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)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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Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
ESE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)554456666665666844556677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1015941991048666595030141118181913232232122223322487
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
N
15
WSW
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
SE
20
ESE
30
E
20
ENE
10
W
25
ESE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.20
5:48AM
0.33
7:05PM
0.20
6:29AM
0.33
7:36PM
0.20
7:10AM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
0.18
2:13PM
0.06
9:46PM
0.17
2:59PM
0.06
10:21PM
0.17
Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----5:41-------5:43-------5:43---
Sunset7:55-------7:54-------7:54-------
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-221--------------11---
Temp. °C272424202020202020191918182226242423232119191818
Feels °C (?)2825251716161716161516161621252221232520121299
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