El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
24.3°C
1.5° 

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 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 10AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 21°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
50
50
49
48
47
46
45
43
43
43
42
41
41
40
38
35
35
35
34
58
57
56
54
50
29
29
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
0
NW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
9:34AM1.73m
10:18PM1.63m
10:27AM1.81m
11:02PM1.75m
11:12AM1.87m
11:39PM1.84m
Low Tide
3:21AM0.55m
4:06PM0.32m
4:18AM0.44m
4:50PM0.24m
5:03AM0.34m
5:27PM0.19m
5:43AM0.25m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
22
23
23
23
22
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
22
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
22
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
23
22
25
23
22
21
22
22
20
20
22
22
21
21
23
24
22
22
23
24
24
23
24
24
23
23
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