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El Chanquete surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 CET
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El Chanquete surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Chanquete sea temperature is
15.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Chanquete today?

The current surf forecast for El Chanquete at 1AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (20 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (20 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
1
E
0.6
ESE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)888999999988888888885757
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88610971201112610709938268268088996925484282871771421381181013026107179
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
0
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.70
3:59AM
0.73
4:17PM
0.70
4:31AM
0.74
4:55PM
0.69
5:06AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
0.11
9:25AM
0.11
9:36PM
0.11
10:01AM
0.10
10:11PM
0.13
10:39AM
0.11
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------7:20-------7:20-------7:18-
Sunset-7:27-------7:28-------7:29------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171615141313151615141414131314151514131312121416
Feels °C (?)131414141212141311111212111212121212111211111213
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