El Medano surf break

El Medano surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 WET
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El Medano surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Medano sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Medano today?

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 1PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (22 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)988888777777776666665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105189162351344735824624128523920614916415512838995239201611108
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
1.94
3:47AM
1.87
4:09PM
1.81
4:38AM
1.67
5:02PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
0.08
9:32PM
0.14
9:53AM
0.23
10:20PM
0.28
10:40AM
0.42
11:21PM
0.45
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:17-------7:19--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717181818171717171718181818171718181818181818
Feels °C (?)121213141313131314161617171818161617151515171714
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