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Jose Ignacio. Photo: Joao Vicente, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Jose Ignacio

Surf town · Uruguay

Score a trip to Jose Ignacio

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Beds: 12 places

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12 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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Spots near here: 15 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Bikini Beach (Left Reef Break) · about 35 min by car · stays in El Chorro · Not for beginners

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  • Bikini Beach (Right) · about 35 min by car · stays in El Chorro · Not for beginners

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  • El Pedro · about 45 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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  • El Pendorcho · about 40 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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  • El Pepe · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Jose Ignacio · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • La Barra · about 40 min by car · stays in La Barra · Not for beginners

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  • La Boya · about 40 min by car · stays in La Barra · Not for beginners

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All 15 surf spots
  • La Olla · about 55 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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  • La Plage · about 50 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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  • La Posta · about 40 min by car · stays in La Barra · Not for beginners

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  • Los Dedos · about 55 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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  • Montoya · about 40 min by car · stays in La Barra · Not for beginners

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  • Terrazas · about 35 min by car · stays in El Chorro · Not for beginners

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  • Zorba · about 55 min by car · stays in Punta del Este · Not for beginners

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Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Jose Ignacio.

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Jose Ignacio.

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Photos of Jose Ignacio

Jose Ignacio Lighthouse
Photo: Marcelo Campi from Costa de Oro, Uruguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lighthouse Jose ignacio take two
Photo: Marcelo Campi from Uruguay., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bajada a la Playa de José Ignacio
Photo: Casaseneleste, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Jose Ignacio

where it is, what is near

Jose Ignacio is a town in Maldonado Department, Uruguay.

From Jose Ignacio you can reach 15 surf spots.

The nearest is Jose Ignacio, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre.

Overture lists 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP), 42 km away.

In Maldonado Department · Uruguay

  • 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP), 42 km, Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD), 127 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).