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El Balneario surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 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
16.5° 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 10AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)151514141414141413131312121212121212111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30937695192591277763752952150641437729923518917714517616412320616415053
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.14
2:25PM
1.15
2:47AM
1.20
3:00PM
1.20
3:21AM
1.25
3:34PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
0.27
8:35PM
0.21
8:55AM
0.21
9:09PM
0.16
9:29AM
0.17
9:42PM
0.12
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:30-------8:30-------8:30-----
Sunset----6:32-------6:34-------6:35---
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--1-13621-1-----------
Temp. °C111010111211111010910111211111010991112111210
Feels °C (?)766787878667989885456575
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