El Arenal Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Spain – Cantabria)

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El Arenal Surf Guide

El Arenal(Playa de Valdearenas) in Cantabria is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the south southeast. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Overcrowding can even make surfing hazardous.

El Arenal Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	3	fairly consistent	16.0°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing El Arenal:

The best conditions reported for surf at El Arenal occur when a Northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the South-southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore El Arenal Location Map

Interactive El Arenal surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to El Arenal is Santander Airport (SDR) in Spain, 12 km (7 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to El Arenal is Bilbao Airport (BIO), also in Spain, 87 km (54 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

El Arenal Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 19:52 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 05			Wed
ft, °F	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross

What does El Arenal look like?

Latest photos from El Arenal. Upload your own or view all photos on the gallery page.

Credit: juanjo

Tides at El Arenal

Current tide and informaton

For Santa Cruz de Bezana, 5 km from El Arenal.

Next High Water: 07:53am | 3.0m

Next Low Water: 01:46am | 0.72m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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El Arenal Sea Temperature

The El Arenal water temperature is rather cool (16.0 °C) and the air temperature will feel about the same. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.