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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 13 Mar 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 6PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 3.5m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (13 Mar)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
!
!
!
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0
!
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0
0
0
!
!
!
!
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3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
Period(s) (?)121615161616161615151414141414131313131312131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1519482957689376121441140511552114059380764961435387469141553644297526142318207616771462142914171210
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
S
5
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
2.40
1:11AM
2.63
1:50PM
2.61
2:07AM
2.90
2:35PM
2.88
2:47AM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
1.45
7:28AM
1.25
7:45PM
1.21
8:19AM
0.96
8:30PM
0.91
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise--------7:30-------7:28-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:20-------7:21----
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part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
---15531118221111111---1-
Temp. °C151816121110101088109101010101111111111111112
Feels °C (?)1216154531223545544777899810
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