El Chanquete surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 09 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 8PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
1.3
E
1.6
ESE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
1.4
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)467788887777666676566767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212623228530026519116324315111311386493627321210366104163136247
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
SW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
0
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
0.53
9:35PM
0.49
9:32AM
0.50
11:04PM
0.49
11:07AM
0.50
12:27AM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.29
2:00AM
0.37
3:11PM
0.32
3:58AM
0.39
5:19PM
0.32
6:12AM
0.36
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-------7:50-------7:48-------7:48
Sunset---8:45-------8:45-------8:46----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------12-2-274--
Temp. °C162021181817171617182017181716161819231916161615
Feels °C (?)151819171716161515171917171616161818212016161613
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