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El Arenal surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 WET
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El Arenal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
20.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 12PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
4
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4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNW
2
NNW
2.2
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)131313131316161515161615191919181717161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135913381527181724567034905696261014410479101408975169431617416917144801399012459978282536819569646844121
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
1.61
8:27PM
1.59
9:08AM
1.58
9:52PM
1.67
10:32AM
1.65
11:02PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
0.57
2:46AM
0.61
3:26PM
0.57
4:16AM
0.50
4:42PM
0.47
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise--7:54-------7:54-------7:54-----
Sunset-----6:39-------6:40-------6:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516181919181818171718191818171717171818181717
Feels °C (?)131415161818171817161718171717161616161717171717
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