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El Martillo surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 16 Mar 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)--
Afternoon (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (16 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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
2
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 (?)
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
0.8
ESE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111661211111111111111111111111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1912841781751791351331301302561331331831834374831383774222979011786225
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
30
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
5
WNW
20
E
40
SSE
15
ENE
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
0.21
6:25AM
0.29
6:43PM
0.24
7:17AM
0.29
7:21PM
0.28
8:07AM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
0.11
1:30AM
0.15
2:33PM
0.12
2:30AM
0.11
3:16PM
0.14
3:23AM
0.07
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset--6:57-------6:54-------6:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11111----------
Temp. °C292624242222222531252121212020192020202020202021
Feels °C (?)282320211919212432251722221918161818181820202020
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