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Copacabana surf break

Copacabana surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CET
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Copacabana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Copacabana sea temperature is
13.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Copacabana today?

The current surf forecast for Copacabana at 11AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Copacabana. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.3
NW
0.9
WNW
0.8
NW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141413131312121211111111101010101918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492049204469391935153094270821911862172315451209116910704973822972922042003621785261373
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
3.23
4:01PM
3.14
4:16AM
3.41
4:36PM
3.27
4:50AM
3.56
5:10PM
3.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.69
9:58PM
0.67
10:24AM
0.53
10:33PM
0.52
11:00AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.41
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:44-------8:44-------8:42-----
Sunset----6:06-------6:07-------6:08---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11235477311---5176----1--
Temp. °C99877888891011111011101111111010899
Feels °C (?)775435464568857456785353
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