El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
21.0° 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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 1AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (13 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 19°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NW
9
0.5
NW
9
0.5
NW
9
1.2
NW
6
1.2
NW
6
1.1
NW
7
0.9
NW
7
0.8
NW
6
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
6
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.4
NNW
5
0.5
N
5
0.4
N
5
0.2
N
6
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
38
37
98
120
113
73
46
17
10
18
16
24
22
15
9
12
7
4
10
10
10
9
5
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
20
W
5
W
5
S
5
NE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
High Tide
3:35PM3.46m
4:09AM3.45m
4:31PM3.70m
5:04AM3.60m
5:24PM3.91m
5:55AM3.69m
Low Tide
9:47PM0.39m
10:09AM0.41m
10:43PM0.16m
11:02AM0.25m
11:35PM-0.01m
11:50AM0.13m
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:47
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:55
9:55
9:54
9:53
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
22
21
20
20
19
19
21
22
22
21
20
19
19
19
21
22
22
22
21
20
20
19
21
22
Feels °C
22
20
17
19
20
21
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
20
21
21
24
22
22
21
21
19
22
23
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