El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 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
13.2° 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 9PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNW
1.8
NW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
3
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)131413131312121212111313131716151414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90412491253109410608928506355586158547576898852444245720853380406241193672332231492508
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
0
NE
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrossonononononononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
3.53
7:56AM
3.32
8:19PM
3.26
8:58AM
2.98
9:28PM
3.00
10:25AM
2.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.34
1:38AM
0.40
2:01PM
0.66
2:36AM
0.70
3:02PM
0.98
3:52AM
0.96
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:09-
Sunset-7:30-------7:31-------7:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C121211101010121514131211111012101010101010101011
Feels °C (?)99877710111011119867566655657
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