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El Balneario surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 CET
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El Balneario surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Balneario sea temperature is
16.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Balneario today?

The current surf forecast for El Balneario at 5PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)13121212121212121111111111101019181716161616515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4143142442441921861861401641709191825351681039614720126625327225
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
1.20
3:21AM
1.25
3:34PM
1.23
3:54AM
1.29
4:08PM
1.25
4:26AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.21
9:09PM
0.16
9:29AM
0.17
9:42PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.14
10:14PM
0.11
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--------8:30-------8:30-------
Sunset--6:34-------6:35-------6:36-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11--1-------------------
Temp. °C11121312111110981112111111109911121112121213
Feels °C (?)667788864576665445657878
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