Playa de Patos (El Pico) Surf Forecast

/ Galicia (54 surf breaks) /

Spain (310 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (42.16° N 8.84° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Playa de Patos (El Pico) surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 CEST

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Playa de Patos (El Pico) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Playa de Patos (El Pico) sea temperature is 19.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa de Patos (El Pico) today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Patos (El Pico) at 10AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (21 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	13s

Table - waves today at Playa de Patos (El Pico). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	5	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	75	61	92	179	268	409	413	407	554	417	337	320	222	197	159	134	99	96	95	89	90	52	114	110
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NNE	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NW	WNW	NW	NNE	NE	ENE	E	SSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:28AM 2.63				3:44PM 2.97				4:12AM 2.77				4:26PM 3.13				4:51AM 2.88					5:04PM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28AM 0.54				10:03PM 0.30				10:11AM 0.37				10:43PM 0.17				10:49AM 0.25					11:19PM 0.11

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	19	23	23	26	21	18	16	15	21	25	26	27	24	21	19	18	23	22	21	21	17	17
Feels °C (?)	14	14	18	20	20	23	19	16	15	14	21	24	25	27	22	18	18	17	23	21	21	21	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Galicia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Playa de Patos (El Pico) (light winds from the N at Vigo/Peinador Airport 19 km from Playa de Patos (El Pico)). 0.4m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.4m 2s local chop from the N and a 0.2m 7s swell from the W as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell, also from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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19.7

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