El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
20.0°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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 10AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 18°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
NW
11
1.2
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
1
NW
10
1
NW
10
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.6
NNW
13
0.6
NW
13
0.6
NW
13
1
NW
12
0.9
NW
12
0.8
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
411
344
293
258
198
194
187
180
170
192
200
191
191
187
187
180
100
120
136
130
282
228
177
198
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
0
E
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
NE
15
ENE
5
ENE
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:22AM2.91m
00:25AM2.72m
12:58PM2.99m
1:51AM2.88m
2:13PM3.22m
Low Tide
4:47AM1.14m
5:49PM1.01m
6:22AM1.17m
7:21PM0.89m
7:45AM0.98m
8:29PM0.64m
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8:18
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 mm
2
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1
2
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1
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Temp °C
18
18
18
19
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
23
23
21
21
21
20
20
22
22
19
19
19
Feels °C
19
20
19
21
21
19
20
20
20
20
19
21
22
22
23
21
21
20
20
23
22
18
18
17
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