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El Martillo surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 14 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
21.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Martillo today?

The current surf forecast for El Martillo at 7AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
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
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.5
ESE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.9
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)666675444445558366666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18121210815131916131074429151481191039177696962
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
15
SE
25
SE
25
E
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNW
15
W
15
SE
15
E
55
S
35
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.31
5:56PM
0.20
5:06AM
0.32
6:33PM
0.20
5:48AM
0.33
7:05PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.19
12:35PM
0.07
8:47PM
0.19
1:26PM
0.07
9:13PM
0.18
2:13PM
0.06
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--5:39-------5:41-------5:41-----
Sunset------7:55-------7:55-------7:54-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121222323232222222229332828212121202021212020
Feels °C (?)232224252422212121222227322828141720181817161516
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