Piriápolisgeneral — Piriápolis, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: CITY MVD, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Piriápolis

Piriápolis is a town in Maldonado Department, Uruguay. From Piriápolis you can reach 3 surf spots. The nearest is El Pehue, a surf spot 2.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 62 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is PDP, 16 km away.

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Staying in Piriápolis

62 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: PDP, 16 km, MVD, 69 km, SST, 227 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Piriápolis.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Piriápolis each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Piriápolis too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodBest spot that day for intermediatesUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

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Punta Negra5.1 kmabout 10 min by car

4 ft202 kJ

4 ft155 kJ

3 ft104 kJ

3 ft77 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

1 ft23 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Punta Negra, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	17, poor	4 ft8 smushy	202kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	48, good	4 ft7 smushy	155kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	3 ft7 smushy	104kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	3 ft8 shollow	77kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	17°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	18°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	1 ft8 shollow	23kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	4, too small	1 ft5 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots	15°C

Balneario Argentino18.6 kmabout 35 min by car

3 ft131 kJ

3 ft94 kJ

3 ft57 kJ

2 ft46 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Balneario Argentino, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	21, poor	3 ft8 smushy	131kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	13°C
Mon 19Oct	45, fair	3 ft7 smushy	94kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	14°C
Tue 20Oct	29, too small	3 ft7 smushy	57kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 smushy	46kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	1 ft6 smushy	7kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots	19°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	18°C

El Pehue2.8 kmabout 5 min by car

4 ft150 kJ

4 ft133 kJ

3 ft86 kJ

2 ft64 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

1 ft23 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at El Pehue, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, poor	4 ft8 smushy	150kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	4 ft7 smushy	133kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	3 ft7 smushy	86kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	24, too small	2 ft8 smushy	64kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore	17°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft4 smushy	18kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots, offshore	18°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	1 ft8 ssoft	23kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots, offshore	16°C
Sat 24Oct	3, too small	1 ft5 smushy	7kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots	15°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Piriápolis, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Piriápolis

Tentaciones CaféSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre
FonoPizza Delivery PiriápolisPizza · 1.1 km from the centre
PoseidonPiriapolisLatin american · 1.8 km from the centre
Boca LocaBarbecue · 0.1 km from the centre
Don Quijote0.2 km from the centre
Rocco's Cucina ItalianaItalian · 0.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Piriápolis, Uruguay