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La Posta surf break

La Posta surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 -03
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La Posta surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Posta sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at La Posta today?

The current surf forecast for La Posta at 9AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

Table - waves today at La Posta. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
SW
0.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)998883467788888111110101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8876692817835646244138430026816528627520616112289605739
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
20
WNW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.23
11:31AM
0.24
3:34PM
0.20
11:25PM
0.24
12:39PM
0.21
4:44PM
0.20
12:18AM
0.25
2:24PM
0.19
5:34PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.07
2:59PM
0.20
7:30PM
0.14
7:50AM
0.07
2:56PM
0.20
8:16PM
0.16
8:47AM
0.06
2:52PM
0.19
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--5:33-------5:33-------5:35-----
Sunset------7:55-------7:55-------7:55-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201920252625221919181819202120191818182122212120
Feels °C (?)181820222121181413131415161614141415161817161717
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