El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 CEST
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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
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 3AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)161615141413131312121212121211111110101010111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20931884169514071154880689604513549531597587472335323242229182178148187157145
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
0
WNW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
SSW
0
N
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
SE
0
E
5
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
3.71
5:00AM
3.93
5:23PM
3.88
5:41AM
4.01
6:02PM
3.96
6:24AM
3.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
0.11
11:09AM
-0.07
11:26PM
-0.06
11:48AM
-0.11
12:08AM
-0.11
12:29PM
-0.03
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----7:31-------7:28-------7:26--
Sunset-8:59-------9:00-------9:00------
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C141313131212131414141313121213131413131212121415
Feels °C (?)131313131212131313131313121213121111121212121313
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