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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 24 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
13.3° 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 4AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
!
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0
0
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
5.5
NW
6
NW
6.5
NW
6.5
NW
6
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)161515151516161616161615141313141516161614141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88807169595354545246615861283528469490757220589463119840120871570818026166501203088805363406227751834
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
WSW
35
W
40
WNW
35
W
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
40
W
55
W
60
W
50
W
40
W
25
W
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
3.33
7:47AM
3.53
8:13PM
3.22
8:32AM
3.35
9:03PM
3.09
9:27AM
3.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.48
2:02PM
0.45
2:16AM
0.62
2:49PM
0.62
3:09AM
0.79
3:46PM
0.81
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----8:40-------8:38-------8:37---
Sunset------6:15-------6:16-------6:17-
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----151----21121----1-
Temp. °C98876118101077799111110111077111111
Feels °C (?)544325012323300-1-12422777
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