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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 26 Jan 2026 CET
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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
13.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Arenal today?

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 6PM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (26 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
2
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)141414131312121212151515141414151918181717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)495135362322152112239077959362779493852615300500142154024347069396162636565847297735363975819
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
25
S
45
S
45
SSW
35
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
3.15
10:05PM
2.96
10:39AM
2.97
11:23PM
2.91
12:08PM
2.91
12:49AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.81
4:17AM
0.94
4:58PM
0.96
5:39AM
0.98
6:20PM
0.98
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise--------8:37-------8:36-------
Sunset--6:17-------6:19-------6:21-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--3----32-133-----------
Temp. °C9101113161716111111119996681011108999
Feels °C (?)47710118746774331-116884666
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