State of the Beaches is Beach Day API’s weekly report on recently refreshed records and what they can support in the week ahead. This edition reviews a defined set of 10 Uruguay beach records, all dated October 11, 2026 and retrieved from the live API on October 12, 2026. The set includes seven records in Colonia and three in Montevideo. It is not a report on every beach in Uruguay or worldwide.
The current profile pattern: conditions are populated, access fields are not
All 10 records return current weather and ocean-condition fields, while each profile returns an empty structured amenities array and no populated lifeguard or supervision value. That is not evidence that an amenity is unavailable. It is a useful implementation signal: products should render an unknown or omitted access state rather than convert an empty field into a negative claim.
For travel, tourism, rental, and concierge products, this distinction prevents an avoidable UX error. A condition card can use the populated fields now, while an amenities module can wait until it has a positive structured value to display.
Two regional condition profiles in the defined set
| Beach record | Region | Sky condition | Air temperature | Wind | Water temperature | Wave height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Ferrando | Colonia | Overcast | 57°F | 33.8 mph | 62°F | 1.6 ft |
| Playa Verde | Colonia | Overcast | 59°F | 36.7 mph | 62°F | 2.0 ft |
| Playa del Buceo | Montevideo | Drizzle | 57°F | 40.0 mph | 61°F | 2.6 ft |
| Playa Pajas Blancas | Montevideo | Overcast | 58°F | 46.1 mph | 61°F | 2.7 ft |
Within this small comparison set, the Colonia examples show 33.8 to 36.7 mph wind and 1.6 to 2.0 ft wave height. The two Montevideo examples show 40.0 to 46.1 mph wind and 2.6 to 2.7 ft wave height. These are record-level current-condition values, not a regional forecast or a safety recommendation.
What a robust product should do with this week’s records
Use positive structured values when they exist. Preserve unknown as unknown when they do not. In practical terms, a nearby-beaches card can display the current condition fields, omit the amenities module when its array is empty, and avoid labels such as “no lifeguard” unless the API explicitly supplies that fact.
GET https://beachdayapi.com/v1/beaches/{id}/
GET https://beachdayapi.com/v1/beaches/{id}/conditions/This pattern is especially useful for data teams that need one display component to work across different beach records without inventing a default access status. Explore the Beach Day API documentation for endpoint details, then see pricing to test a beach-profile workflow in your product.
Data notes
Observation window: October 11, 2026 at 00:00 Pacific through this October 12, 2026 edition. Retrieval date: October 12, 2026. Scope: 10 recently refreshed Beach Day API records in Uruguay, not every beach worldwide. Weather and ocean fields are conditions data. No water-quality values, safety claims, rankings, or recommendations are used here. Empty amenities, lifeguard, and supervision fields are treated as unknown rather than as evidence of absence.