Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.56° N 16.33° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
25.5°C
1.9° 

El Arenal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Arenal today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 6PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Oct)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 21°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.9
NNW
13
2
NNW
13
1.9
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
12
1
N
15
1.1
N
15
1.2
N
15
1.8
NNW
14
1.6
NNW
14
1.6
NNW
14
1.6
NNW
14
1.6
NNW
13
1.5
NNW
13
1.3
NNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
560
813
1152
1301
1134
934
830
692
680
527
550
470
560
627
1277
1075
1060
887
849
724
599
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:13PM1.79m
5:37AM1.79m
6:16PM1.60m
6:47AM1.65m
7:45PM1.46m
Low Tide
10:56AM0.29m
11:15PM0.42m
11:54AM0.44m
00:16AM0.59m
1:17PM0.58m
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Temp °C
24
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
21
22
22
22
22
22
Feels °C
24
23
23
23
22
21
21
21
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
19
20
20
20
20
21
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