El Medano surf break

El Medano surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 WEST
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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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Medano today?

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 1AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)151515151414191313131318181817161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1672222222221651101251391391391391041761761018986132203201144116112109
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
5
ESE
0
SSE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
W
15
SW
10
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
5
ESE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
2.08
2:24AM
2.14
2:47PM
2.10
3:06AM
2.08
3:27PM
2.06
3:51AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
-0.00
8:33AM
-0.06
8:53PM
-0.03
9:13AM
0.00
9:37PM
0.02
9:54AM
0.12
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:35-
Sunset-8:31-------8:31-------8:32------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323222425282527292829282524242223222120191919
Feels °C (?)211919171820232124272325242322222019182120181918
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