Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine
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: 1152 spots across 189 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 mapCruiser scuttled 1939; in Plata mud, viz~0, largely salvaged 2004–06. Historic landmark —do NOT spear. Coords verified:false.
Google Maps~950 m mole; sargo and mullet only on clear water (north wind). Turbid estuary, low-viz. Coords approx.
Google MapsUrban reef by the lighthouse; estuarine low-viz, window on north wind. 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.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
Rules change. Before heading out, get the DINARA sport-fishing permit and respect the black-corvina closure and minimum sizes.
Spearfishing in Montevideo is possible but highly conditional. The water is brackish, turbid and often under 1-2 m visibility. Only rare north-wind, settled-water windows make Escollera Sarandí or Punta Carretas worth checking. The Admiral Graf Spee should not be framed as a hunting mark: it is a historic wreck in mud and near-zero visibility. Use Montevideo as an opportunistic local session, not as Uruguay's main clear-water plan.
Think like a shore navigator: visibility, port movement, line fishers and exit rocks matter more than the map pin.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escollera Sarandí | Urban breakwater | Shallow blocks | Intermediate because of low visibility | Port-side shore access | Possible sargo and mullet in clear water. Skip it if you cannot identify fish cleanly. |
| Punta Carretas | Lighthouse rocks | Low estuary rock | Intermediate | Rambla rocks | Short north-wind window; watch shore anglers and surge. |
| Admiral Graf Spee | Historic wreck | Mud, near-zero visibility | Not a hunting spot | Offshore landmark | A memorial reference, not a spearfishing plan. |
Only with north wind, low chop and settled estuary water. Even then, cancel if you cannot identify fish, bottom and exit. DINARA sport-fishing rules are the legal baseline, and Prefectura or port limits can matter locally. Sargo and mullet are more realistic than chasing black corvina in blind water.
Usually no. Low visibility makes identification and exit control harder.
Escollera Sarandí or Punta Carretas in a rare clear north-wind window.
Do not treat it as a spearfishing spot. It is historic and muddy.
Yes. Use the sport-fishing permit framework and check current closures.
Sargo and mullet on urban rocks when visibility allows clean identification.
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at Montevideo, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
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transparency nearby ~2 m · satellite, yesterdaysatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore
