El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
19.7°C
1.6° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 10PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (09 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NW
11
1.4
NW
11
1.2
NW
10
1.2
NW
10
1.4
NW
11
1.6
NW
10
1.7
NNW
10
1.8
NW
11
1.9
NW
11
1.7
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
1
NNW
14
1.4
NNW
14
1.9
NW
13
2
NW
13
1.9
NW
12
1.8
NW
12
1.7
NW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
476
408
310
322
415
540
576
730
762
615
541
488
437
710
1288
1305
1077
895
792
Wind (km/h)
5
N
0
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
off
High Tide
4:35PM3.82m
4:57AM3.70m
5:11PM3.86m
5:30AM3.76m
5:46PM3.81m
Low Tide
10:39PM0.08m
10:53AM0.13m
11:14PM0.05m
11:29AM0.08m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
14
14
14
14
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17
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16
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19
19
18
17
Feels °C
15
15
12
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18
16
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