El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
25.5°C
1.8° 

El Medano surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Medano today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 10AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
1.2
NE
5
1.4
NE
5
1.4
NE
5
1.3
NE
5
0.5
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
1.4
NE
5
1.6
NE
6
1.5
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.3
NE
6
1.2
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
1
NE
5
0.9
ENE
5
1
NE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
123
121
121
120
120
120
79
68
107
111
90
99
58
111
150
136
163
107
71
59
49
44
51
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:08PM1.69m
5:31AM1.69m
6:10PM1.50m
6:41AM1.56m
7:40PM1.37m
Low Tide
10:51AM0.27m
11:09PM0.39m
11:49AM0.42m
00:10AM0.56m
1:12PM0.55m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
24
23
23
23
24
26
26
26
25
Feels °C
25
25
24
24
24
23
22
22
21
20
22
23
23
19
21
19
19
19
21
24
24
24
22
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