El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
17.1°C
0.5° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 2PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (31 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
12
0.7
NW
16
0.9
NW
15
1.1
NW
15
1.2
NW
14
1.5
NW
14
1.5
NW
13
1.5
NW
13
1.4
NW
13
1.3
NW
13
1.3
NW
13
1.3
NW
13
1.3
NW
12
1.3
NW
12
1.3
NW
12
1.2
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1
NW
12
0.9
NW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
147
136
167
180
245
370
472
526
790
767
755
673
600
591
504
481
473
481
459
418
411
291
240
Wind (km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
E
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
ESE
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:43AM3.41m
8:25PM3.03m
8:51AM3.20m
9:44PM2.83m
10:14AM3.08m
Low Tide
1:22AM0.62m
2:02PM0.57m
2:23AM0.87m
3:15PM0.78m
3:39AM1.04m
4:39PM0.87m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
12
12
13
14
15
14
13
12
12
12
13
14
14
13
12
11
12
11
12
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
11
11
12
12
14
13
12
11
10
10
12
13
13
11
11
10
10
9
11
9
10
10
10
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