El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
20.0°C
1.5° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 6PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 18°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.4
NW
12
1.3
NW
12
1.3
NW
11
1.2
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
1
NW
11
1
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
1
NW
10
1
NW
10
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
772
678
683
551
478
411
344
293
258
198
220
220
180
170
192
200
191
191
187
187
177
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
0
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:52AM3.05m
10:44PM2.78m
11:22AM2.91m
00:25AM2.72m
12:58PM2.99m
Low Tide
4:16PM0.91m
4:47AM1.14m
5:49PM1.01m
6:22AM1.17m
7:21PM0.89m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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8:17
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7:53
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7:52
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 mm
2
2
2
3
1
1
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Temp °C
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
20
22
23
20
20
Feels °C
18
19
20
20
20
19
19
19
21
19
20
19
20
19
19
19
21
21
22
21
21
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