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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 13 Feb 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
12.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 3AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (13 Feb)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (13 Feb)13ft (4.0m)10s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
!
3
2
2
2
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
5
WNW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
5
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.2
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)13131313121210101010111213131212111010998810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3936296823921969140412434552377033693822626290581109787814987329823531352874464288211367898
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
35
S
20
S
5
NW
20
WSW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
NW
55
NW
45
NW
40
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
25
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
2.69
2:22PM
2.68
2:41AM
2.94
3:06PM
2.91
3:20AM
3.20
3:42PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.36
7:59AM
1.20
8:16PM
1.15
8:49AM
0.96
9:01PM
0.90
9:29AM
0.69
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----8:17-------8:15-------8:14---
Sunset------6:42-------6:44-------6:45-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12121112121010101010910101010101098910131413
Feels °C (?)9947116-1-1-10-30122343456101110
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