El Medano surf break

El Medano surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 31 Jan 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
19.7° 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 7AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
NNE
0.3
SSW
0.4
NE
0.2
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)54151515151515151555131313145144125121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27121821212121212121221818173631403122153133
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
0
WNW
5
W
5
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
5
SW
5
E
5
E
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
NE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
2.04
1:10PM
1.88
1:23AM
2.15
1:50PM
1.92
2:03AM
2.19
2:28PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
0.21
7:01AM
0.04
7:07PM
0.13
7:42AM
-0.03
7:46PM
0.08
8:21AM
-0.03
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise----7:52-------7:52-------7:52---
Sunset-------6:45-------6:45-------6:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919181820191918181818181919181817171717181818
Feels °C (?)161817161620192019191817181920181816151517171515
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