El Fronton surf break

El Fronton surfForecast / Gran Canaria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 WEST
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El Fronton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Fronton sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Fronton today?

The current surf forecast for El Fronton at 12AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.2
NNE
1
NNE
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)1615151414141413131312121313121212771111776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11151135953821731639471437326311292255286295227167161137998272645647
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
0
WSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
2.13
1:45AM
2.26
2:10PM
2.22
2:26AM
2.28
2:48PM
2.24
3:08AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
0.08
7:57AM
-0.07
8:13PM
-0.01
8:35AM
-0.07
8:54PM
-0.03
9:14AM
-0.00
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------7:35-------7:35-------7:33-
Sunset-8:28-------8:28-------8:29------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918181818192121212020212423252626262524242323
Feels °C (?)171716161616171919201817192020232424232324222121
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