La Posta surf break

La Posta surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 20 Apr 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
21.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Posta today?

The current surf forecast for La Posta at 12PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.1
WSW
0.9
ESE
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1011111111111111111111106661010105105678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82138143350439460186151149149143949210889656556521356277111128
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
WNW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.17
10:33PM
0.36
11:40AM
0.16
5:15PM
0.17
11:28PM
0.34
12:24PM
0.16
5:39PM
0.16
12:28AM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
-0.02
1:28PM
0.15
7:09AM
0.00
2:11PM
0.14
6:23PM
0.16
8:06AM
0.03
3:00PM
0.14
7:35PM
0.15
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-7:05-------7:07-------7:07------
Sunset----6:08-------6:07-------6:07---
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-12--71---21-------
Temp. °C181820191818191818181819201918181817161717171818
Feels °C (?)181720171515171715151517171717171713101213131617
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