El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
22.1° C
1.0° 

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 (12 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 11PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)--
Afternoon (12 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (12 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NNW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.3
WNW
10
0.3
WNW
10
0.3
WNW
10
0.3
NW
12
0.4
WNW
12
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
10
0.5
WNW
10
0.5
WNW
10
0.5
WNW
10
0.5
WNW
9
0.5
WNW
9
0.4
WNW
9
0.5
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
17
19
19
19
20
19
23
56
69
66
59
57
56
54
50
49
33
47
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
5:13PM3.96m
5:41AM3.72m
5:57PM4.10m
6:23AM3.77m
6:39PM4.11m
Low Tide
11:23PM-0.04m
11:35AM0.07m
00:07AM-0.14m
12:17PM-0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:23
9:22
9:21
 mm
1
Temp °C
23
23
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
21
21
20
20
22
23
23
22
21
Feels °C
25
26
25
25
24
24
25
25
24
25
22
23
21
22
24
24
23
23
23
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