Salinas, Uruguay tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 19:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Montevideo local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Wed 20 May (range 0.8m). Last neap on Tue 19 May. Next neap on Sat 23 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Salinas is a beach town 25 km east of Montevideo on the Canelones coast, one of the closest sea-facing destinations to the capital on Route 11. The proximity to Montevideo (35–40 minutes by bus or car) makes it the default weekend beach for residents of the eastern suburbs and Barros Blancos. The town is denser and more year-round in character than the resort-only towns further east — it has a permanent population of around 3,000 and the street grid extends back from the beach into residential blocks with supermarkets, pharmacies, and schools. The coastal regime is Río de la Plata southern shore: wind-dominated water levels. Open-Meteo Marine provides forecast data — timing accuracy ±45 minutes, height accuracy ±0.2–0.3 m for the tidal component. The dominant driver of water level at Salinas is wind: sudestadas raise levels 0.5–2 m; NW winds lower them. The astronomical tidal range is 0.3–0.6 m. The beach faces north-northwest across the estuary, somewhat more sheltered from direct Atlantic weather than the beaches east of Punta del Este. For beach families, Salinas offers the convenience of proximity: if conditions look right at 8 am, you can be at the beach by 9 am without a multi-hour drive. The beach is 2 km of grey-brown sand, gently sloping, with calm water under SW to W wind conditions that prevail in summer. The main beach access has lifeguards in peak season (December–March) and the standard public beach infrastructure. Water temperature in January–February reaches 20–22°C. The beach fills significantly on summer weekends — arrive before 10 am for a quiet spot. Anglers work the beach for corvina on incoming tides throughout the year, with the summer (November–March) providing the best water temperatures for active fish. Pejerrey are accessible from the rocky breakwaters at either end of the town beach. The Arroyo Carrasco mouth, 4 km west toward Montevideo, is a productive snook and tarpon location on incoming tides in summer — the urban outskirts of Montevideo don't reduce fish populations on that stretch of coast, which still holds decent tarpon runs from October through April. Kayakers and SUP users find Salinas Bay workable for morning sessions before the wind activates — the same trade wind pattern as the rest of the Canelones coast means calm mornings and increasingly choppier conditions from midday. The shallow estuary water (3–6 m depth 500 m offshore) and sandy bottom make capsizes recoverable. SUP boards are available for hire from the beach rental operators in season. Photographers working the winter Salinas coast get the stark version of the estuary: brown water, grey sky, the smudge of Montevideo's high-rises visible 25 km west across the flat water on clear days. The Sunday morning surfer crowd on the 3–4 km eastern beach stretch (where the bottom contour catches the NE chop) makes for active beach-sport photography in the off-peak season.