El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 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 11PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (24 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
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3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.2
NNW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
3
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
Period(s) (?)121113131317161514141313131313131212121213131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)497681854757746807214621753167431246754517392037283373278622001952160716071572162212361022
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
S
10
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrossonononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
3.26
8:58AM
2.98
9:28PM
3.00
10:25AM
2.73
11:04PM
2.87
12:09PM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.66
2:36AM
0.70
3:02PM
0.98
3:52AM
0.96
4:26PM
1.20
5:31AM
1.04
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:11-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset-7:31-------7:32-------7:34------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11-------1--------
Temp. °C14131212111111101010101010101010101010101091010
Feels °C (?)101111977756555566666666677
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