El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
14.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 1AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NNE
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)1212121212121111111010101011101010101096999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)558549531597587472335323242192182148148163160120117115908568676553
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
3.88
5:41AM
4.01
6:02PM
3.96
6:24AM
3.97
6:43PM
3.93
7:08AM
3.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
-0.06
11:48AM
-0.11
12:08AM
-0.11
12:29PM
-0.03
12:52AM
-0.06
1:12PM
0.15
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----7:28-------7:26-------7:26--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------9:02------
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1-------11------
Temp. °C141413121212131413131312121214161514141414141616
Feels °C (?)121312111111131110101211101012121212141414141615
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