El Arenal Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.96° W

El Arenal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Arenal sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.0° 

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 (15 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Arenal at 12AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (15 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (15 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
3
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3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.4
NE
5
0.4
NE
5
0.3
NE
5
0.5
NW
7
0.8
WNW
8
0.9
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
2.3
NW
8
2
WNW
9
1.7
NW
9
2.4
NW
12
2.2
NW
11
1.8
NW
11
1.6
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.3
NW
9
1.1
NW
9
1.2
NW
11
1.3
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
17
7
6
3
23
76
113
441
694
623
460
1610
1162
763
530
380
284
211
341
346
260
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
10
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
15
SW
30
WNW
25
WNW
10
WSW
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
7:20PM2.85m
7:38AM2.99m
8:07PM2.67m
8:30AM2.84m
9:07PM2.55m
Low Tide
1:14PM0.85m
1:23AM1.01m
2:01PM1.04m
2:12AM1.17m
2:59PM1.17m
3:12AM1.29m
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cloud
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light rain
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Temp °C
15
15
14
14
13
13
15
16
15
15
15
14
14
15
16
19
20
18
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
12
13
13
13
11
11
13
14
9
10
13
13
13
14
14
16
17
15
15
14
15
17
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