El Martillo surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
21.1° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Martillo today?

The current surf forecast for El Martillo at 6PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
1
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
ESE
0.7
SE
1.3
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.1
E
1.4
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111161111111010666610101010106778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1112414373801231217878757272771465238382525242388889194
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
N
15
NW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.24
3:48PM
0.19
9:59PM
0.45
10:50AM
0.23
4:32PM
0.18
10:50PM
0.44
11:37AM
0.22
5:12PM
0.18
11:44PM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.15
5:23PM
0.18
6:33AM
-0.03
1:53PM
0.14
6:16PM
0.17
7:28AM
-0.01
2:38PM
0.14
7:15PM
0.16
8:23AM
0.02
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09
Sunset--6:08-------6:07-------6:07-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)191615151718191716151616181714101012121415161617
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