El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
20.5°C
1.5° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 7PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Tue morning).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NW
11
1.5
NW
11
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.5
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.8
NW
12
0.6
NW
12
0.5
NW
12
0.5
NW
11
1
NW
8
1
NW
8
1.3
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
449
534
790
753
672
661
563
437
396
389
303
254
184
177
167
112
66
60
110
125
367
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
10
SSE
15
SE
10
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
20
S
30
S
25
SSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
6:19PM3.91m
6:38AM3.80m
6:56PM3.81m
7:15AM3.71m
7:38PM3.61m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.03m
00:26AM0.01m
12:43PM0.06m
1:03AM0.14m
1:23PM0.18m
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clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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1
3
Temp °C
19
20
20
19
19
21
22
22
24
29
28
28
28
27
26
19
20
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
21
21
21
21
20
19
21
18
18
24
23
25
25
22
22
20
20
19
17
17
17
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