El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
25.0°C
1.4° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 1PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 23°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
0.9
NE
5
1
NE
5
0.9
NE
6
0.9
NE
4
1
NE
4
0.6
ENE
5
0.7
NE
5
0.7
NE
5
0.7
NE
5
0.6
NE
5
0.2
S
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.8
ENE
4
0.7
NE
4
0.2
SSW
13
0.7
NE
4
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
62
42
43
58
29
38
14
22
22
24
23
14
17
22
21
17
17
16
15
30
30
30
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
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
cross-on
High Tide
8:17AM1.51m
9:28PM1.38m
9:53AM1.59m
10:49PM1.50m
11:02AM1.74m
Low Tide
1:41AM0.68m
3:05PM0.56m
3:31AM0.67m
4:34PM0.44m
4:49AM0.54m
5:33PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
23
23
24
25
24
24
24
Feels °C
21
22
21
24
25
25
25
22
23
23
25
26
26
24
24
24
22
24
24
26
25
23
23
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