El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
20.5°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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 1PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NW
10
1.3
NW
10
1.4
NW
11
1.5
NW
11
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.4
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.8
NW
12
0.6
NW
12
0.5
NW
12
0.5
NW
11
0.9
NW
8
0.9
NW
8
0.8
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
240
355
449
534
790
765
672
661
515
437
437
389
303
254
184
177
167
112
66
59
95
95
146
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
S
10
S
15
S
30
S
25
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
WNW
5
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
N
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:03AM3.80m
6:19PM3.91m
6:38AM3.80m
6:56PM3.81m
7:15AM3.71m
7:38PM3.61m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.03m
00:26AM0.01m
12:43PM0.06m
1:03AM0.14m
1:23PM0.18m
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Temp °C
18
17
19
21
21
19
21
22
21
21
25
29
27
27
27
27
22
19
19
19
19
18
17
Feels °C
20
18
21
22
22
20
22
20
20
20
21
25
21
21
21
22
19
19
19
18
16
15
17
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