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El Martillo surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 25 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Martillo today?

The current surf forecast for El Martillo at 9PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.1
E
1.4
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)556666777677777777766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146017016713412713914911713229520211317382654835565039292919
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
35
E
40
E
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
ENE
35
E
35
E
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.25
5:58PM
0.21
12:38AM
0.34
1:36PM
0.23
7:02PM
0.20
1:34AM
0.36
2:40PM
0.21
8:16PM
0.19
2:35AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
0.18
8:31PM
0.17
9:14AM
0.04
4:30PM
0.18
9:08PM
0.18
10:11AM
0.02
5:28PM
0.17
9:40PM
0.19
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:54-
Sunset--7:51-------7:51-------7:50-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252524222019202530282725232222262623252523232224
Feels °C (?)232119181716192428242322212222272623252725242326
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