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El Martillo surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 -03
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El Martillo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Martillo sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Martillo today?

The current surf forecast for El Martillo at 4AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)888777777777777455777444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10279214715033622622051681311029167594762222823322222132425
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSE
45
SSE
50
S
45
S
40
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SE
15
E
10
NE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SE
20
E
25
E
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NE
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.29
2:47PM
0.21
6:09PM
0.21
2:36AM
0.29
4:17PM
0.20
3:30AM
0.30
5:14PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
0.14
9:56AM
0.07
4:52PM
0.20
9:52PM
0.16
10:50AM
0.07
10:28PM
0.17
11:43AM
0.07
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:39-----
Sunset------7:57-------7:55-------7:55-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
114211------------------
Temp. °C202020202121212120201920212324212019192225252422
Feels °C (?)131513141617191920222020222222191818192323232120
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