El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

Issued: 12 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Medano sea temperature is

24.6°C

El Medano surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at El Medano today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 9AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	15s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (10 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	SSW 15	NE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	180	43	21	41	68	64	62	60	59	58	58	87	56	86	51	41	48	48	48	75	76	53	56	56
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	W	S	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	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	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		1:39AM1.97m				1:51PM2.07m				2:11AM1.99m				2:24PM2.02m				2:42AM1.98m				2:57PM1.94m
Low Tide				7:40AM0.10m				8:01PM0.02m				8:13AM0.08m				8:31PM0.07m				8:46AM0.10m				9:00PM0.14m


	—	—	8:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:03	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24
Feels °C	23	21	22	24	24	24	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	23	23	21	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	SSW 15	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 10	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	44	43	19	25	24	24	62	60	59	58	58	87	56	86	51	28	48	48	48	75	76	53	56	56
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 10	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	NW 10	NNW 10	NNE 9	S 16	NNE 8	S 16	S 16	NNE 7	NNE 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	NW 11	NNE 7	NE 7	NW 10	NW 10
kJ	44	10	21	41	68	64	25	9	8	20	7	20	42	5	5	41	41	41	39	5	4	2	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	S 12	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	—	NW 4	S 16	NNW 9	S 16	S 16	NNE 7	N 9	NW 9	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NW 12	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	N 14	WNW 10
kJ	10	3	9	9	9	9	—	1	21	9	20	20	5	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	NE 9	NE 4	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 7	NE 7	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4
kJ	180	37	5	—	—	—	7	23	12	8	9	9	5	7	9	9	9	5	23	16	3	10	15	24
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	19	19	19	0	0	3	19	19	19	19	19	11	11	19	17	17	11	11	11	11	3	19	19	19
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	4	5	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	5	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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