El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 CEST
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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
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 2AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (19 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010101010101099997888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40735924726822421620019216016090755448313231183255210164125140220
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
5
NNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SE
5
S
10
W
10
NE
15
NE
15
WSW
5
SW
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
15
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
3.31
3:53AM
3.20
4:07PM
3.53
4:32AM
3.39
4:44PM
3.69
5:06AM
3.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.59
9:45AM
0.65
10:14PM
0.38
10:23AM
0.44
10:49PM
0.23
10:58AM
0.29
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----7:58--------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset-8:21-------8:19-------8:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------1------11112211
Temp. °C222019192323222526191922222121201918181616161616
Feels °C (?)22222019212221242419202223212119161617151411109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cantabria

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Arenal (calm at Penacastillo 6 km from El Arenal). 1.1m 11s groundswell from the NW with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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