El Chanquete surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 CEST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Chanquete today?

The current surf forecast for El Chanquete at 3PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (12 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
!
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
0.1
E
0.1
E
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
E
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)666678776444455555844454
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)907511452519405085423434211013221275419243521
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
15
W
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.52
1:24AM
0.57
1:32PM
0.56
2:05AM
0.61
2:19PM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.36
6:28PM
0.28
7:02AM
0.31
7:10PM
0.24
7:39AM
0.25
7:47PM
0.20
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-7:48-------7:47-------7:45------
Sunset-----8:47-------8:49-------8:50--
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161618202019161412101317181815131212172021211716
Feels °C (?)1515161715141085479111311878131618181513
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