La Virgen

La Virgen

Maldonado, Uruguay

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User Rating

Difficulty 7

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Break frequency 4

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144 days a year

Powerful Wave

Wave Direction

Swell Direction

2.5m - 3.0m Swell

Wind Direction

Tide

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general information

Just west of Playa El Emir is a rock-reef beak called La Virgen. Named so because of the statue on the nearby rocks. La Virgen is one of the better waves around when it does beak properly. A powerful left hander breaks over a sharpish urchin covered rock-reef. It gets better as the tide drops and can get quite hollow towards low tide. Not as consistent as the nearby breaks, but certainly a step up on the gnarly scale.

Wave length

50-100m

Share with

11-20

Best months

April - September

Equipment

Body Board, Short board

Wave type

Powerful

Access

Standard Paddle

Hazards

Urchins, Reef/Rock, Locals, Rips

5 Day Forecast

Swell Period 9.02 8.58 13.24 12.36 11.97 11.37 14.47 15.62 15.12 15.09
Swell Direction SSW SSW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind Direction SW W SSW S S NE NNE N NW WSW
Wind (kts) 28 14 17 10 5 13 15 18 20 12

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Air - Sea - Swell forecast not available.

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