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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 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
12.7° 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 2AM is: 5.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)20ft (6.0m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (12 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
!
!
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0
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
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3
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
5.5
NW
6.5
NW
6.5
NW
5.5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
6.5
NW
6
NNW
5.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)141414141515151414141313131312121010101011131413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)356928864708124981997518364129599564737450953936325726512000145011313045353029083815638314411141639539
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
45
W
55
W
60
W
55
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
10
W
10
SE
10
SE
30
S
25
S
10
S
10
W
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
NW
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
2.53
1:18PM
2.49
1:48AM
2.69
2:22PM
2.68
2:41AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
1.46
6:47AM
1.39
7:16PM
1.36
7:59AM
1.20
8:16PM
1.15
8:49AM
0.96
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------8:18-------8:17-------8:15-
Sunset6:39-------6:40-------6:42-------
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clear
clear
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light rain
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rain showers
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Rain (mm)
-1------------2184321232
Temp. °C1817151413121314151412121199109101099101010
Feels °C (?)169411245711994367-2-1-1-2-3-112
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