Today — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding. 🌫 Murky all week after the storm — the water isn't settling
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapRocky ground on the Mansa side, in the peninsula's lee for almost any wind; shallow sargo and mullet. Good option when Brava is breaking. Coords approx.
Google MapsRocky point by the lighthouse, restingas near the shore; sargo, black corvina, grouper. Some of Uruguay's clearest water. Coords approx.
Google MapsRestingas and reefs SE of the lighthouse, Brava side exposed to swell; sargo, black corvina, grouper in very clear water. Dive after the swell drops, with a float. Coords approx.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Rules change. Before heading out, get the DINARA sport-fishing permit and respect the black-corvina closure and minimum sizes.
José Ignacio has rock entry points such as José Ignacio — punta del faro, José Ignacio — restinga de La Brava (SE del faro) and José Ignacio — Playa Mansa (roquerío oeste, abrigo). José Ignacio opens Rocha's Atlantic: salt water and often the clearest on the Uruguayan coast (windows to ~10 m). Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
Summer (Dec–Mar) — warm clear water; sudestada muddies it for days. Best windows on N/NW offshore wind.
Summer 18–22 °C — 3–5 mm suit; winter 10–14 °C — 5–7 mm. Atlantic, clearer to the east.
Moderate: Atlantic restingas; sudestada muddies it for days — catch the N/NW windows.
In José Ignacio (Uruguay) there's no specific spearfishing regulation (Ley 13.833 + Dto 149/997, DINARA); it's done on breath-hold, with a buoy. Note: Isla de Lobos and Cerro Verde/Islas de la Coronilla are no-take (SNAP) — no hunting; Cabo Polonio carries an advisory ring. Mind the black-corvina closure. See the guide.
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