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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 CET
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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
13.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 10AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
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)
1
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
NW
1.1
NW
1.8
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111010981122211918171716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)289211309397503664546428262135314315110722863754603762215363449345494169411742724619
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
25
W
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
15
SE
15
S
20
S
15
S
10
SW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
NNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscrosscrossglasscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
2.72
1:46PM
2.69
2:12AM
2.86
2:40PM
2.83
2:59AM
3.04
3:23PM
2.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
1.20
7:45PM
1.16
8:19AM
1.05
8:36PM
1.01
9:06AM
0.87
9:19PM
0.84
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--8:45-------8:45-------8:45-----
Sunset----6:02-------6:04-------6:05---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------1-------125
Temp. °C13121214121211109101213121010101110911121199
Feels °C (?)11109117101085679987798698885
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