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Zorba surfForecast / South / Uruguay

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 -03
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Zorba surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zorba sea temperature is
22.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Zorba today?

The current surf forecast for Zorba at 6PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
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
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 (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
SE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
S
2
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)666666666634456667777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)836961565122161112128141933136182256388423293277276214156
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
SSE
20
SE
25
E
25
NE
15
SSW
15
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
0.20
6:29AM
0.33
7:36PM
0.20
7:10AM
0.34
8:05PM
0.20
2:02AM
0.19
7:51AM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.06
9:46PM
0.17
2:59PM
0.06
10:21PM
0.17
3:43PM
0.07
10:58PM
0.16
3:06AM
0.19
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------5:43-------5:43-------5:45-
Sunset--7:54-------7:54-------7:54-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202020191917172123242422232219191918181818161718
Feels °C (?)1616161515131419212121192222131411991012101213
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