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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Balneario Argentino18.6 kmabout 35 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft95 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

2 ft50 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

1 ft8 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Balneario Argentino, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	45, fair	3 ft7 smushy	95kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	14°C
Tue 20Oct	29, too small	3 ft7 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	50kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	19°C
Sat 24Oct	4, too small	1 ft9 s	4kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	18°C
Sun 25Oct	4, too small	1 ft8 smushy	8kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	15°C

El Pehue2.8 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft146 kJ

3 ft91 kJ

2 ft71 kJ

2 ft44 kJ

1 ft25 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

1 ft12 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at El Pehue, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	4 ft7 smushy	146kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	3 ft7 smushy	91kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	24, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	71kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore	17°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	44kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots, offshore	18°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	1 ft8 ssoft	25kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots, offshore	16°C
Sat 24Oct	2, too small	1 ft8 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	4, too small	1 ft8 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	14°C

Punta Negra5.1 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft162 kJ

3 ft108 kJ

3 ft82 kJ

2 ft50 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

1 ft11 kJ

1 ft16 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Punta Negra, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	46, fair	4 ft7 smushy	162kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	3 ft7 smushy	108kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	3 ft8 shollow	82kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	17°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft8 shollow	50kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	18°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	3, too small	1 ft8 shollow	11kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 smushy	16kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	14°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