El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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 3PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)18s
Afternoon (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
3
NNW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.4
NW
2
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)181616151515151414141413131313121218171717161717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30282973366839532665249127843595344832472837233420361527119210397691162234746904922480448344742
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NNE
25
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
2.89
1:50AM
3.22
2:26PM
3.13
2:41AM
3.47
3:10PM
3.35
3:24AM
3.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
0.90
7:23PM
0.98
8:04AM
0.65
8:19PM
0.72
8:51AM
0.42
9:03PM
0.48
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:38----
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-13--1--------------1--1
Temp. °C111011101010101010111110101010109991010111112
Feels °C (?)645365444555666644456779
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