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El Balneario surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 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
16.7° 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: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)191817161616151515151414141414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)203243315273263357846305309376951822811684637529521495404368295235232189
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
40
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
SSE
15
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
1.07
1:47PM
1.09
2:11AM
1.14
2:25PM
1.15
2:47AM
1.20
3:00PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.33
7:59PM
0.27
8:19AM
0.27
8:35PM
0.21
8:55AM
0.21
9:09PM
0.16
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:32-------8:30-------8:30-----
Sunset----6:31-------6:32-------6:34---
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-164-163-----2242211----
Temp. °C14141414141311121110101212111010101010111211109
Feels °C (?)8610101098876688888788810875
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