El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
22.5° C
0.4° 

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 (07 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 7PM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (07 Jul)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (07 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Tue morning, min 22°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Fri
10
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NE
5
0.3
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
1.1
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
17
1
ENE
5
1.3
NE
5
1.3
NE
5
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
51
61
61
30
29
29
57
56
53
51
51
50
51
53
53
52
53
54
54
87
87
83
81
80
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
20
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
10
NE
0
SW
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:13PM1.66m
7:58AM1.52m
8:18PM1.60m
9:08AM1.53m
9:33PM1.58m
Low Tide
12:52PM0.54m
1:37AM0.44m
1:58PM0.57m
2:43AM0.46m
3:16PM0.56m
3:56AM0.44m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:15
7:15
7:16
7:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:06
9:06
9:06
9:05
 mm
Temp °C
30
29
28
28
28
28
28
28
29
30
29
26
26
26
24
23
24
25
25
24
22
22
22
22
Feels °C
25
26
28
27
28
27
27
26
26
27
29
29
28
28
25
22
23
25
25
24
23
22
22
21
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