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El Arenal surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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 7PM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (06 Feb)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (06 Feb)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
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)
!
!
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!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
WNW
2.3
NW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)131415151414141414141414131313121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24592466254424652004166417991997212522812281157613271110918835808718694365530471426360
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
20
S
15
W
15
WSW
10
SE
10
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
5
S
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
5
SSE
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
E
15
SE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscrossoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
3.66
7:34PM
3.32
7:49AM
3.38
8:09PM
3.12
8:26AM
3.09
8:47PM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.35
1:34AM
0.51
1:59PM
0.61
2:13AM
0.76
2:38PM
0.89
2:58AM
1.03
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--------8:25-------8:23-------
Sunset--6:32-------6:34-------6:36-----
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1-----------11-----1-
Temp. °C10141310988891213111110101011121211910910
Feels °C (?)7997654351097876558995656
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