El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
24.7°C
1.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 10AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (07 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (07 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 22°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Wed morning, calm by Fri night).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.9
NE
4
0.4
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.9
NNE
7
0.3
SSW
10
0.2
SSW
14
1.1
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
30
29
28
28
28
28
28
46
26
25
24
23
23
24
23
23
23
23
84
20
20
153
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
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
cross
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:54AM1.89m
00:27AM1.79m
12:37PM2.01m
1:05AM1.90m
1:15PM2.07m
Low Tide
5:43AM0.40m
6:18PM0.16m
6:26AM0.26m
6:56PM0.07m
7:04AM0.16m
7:29PM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
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Temp °C
23
22
23
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
22
22
23
23
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23
23
Feels °C
22
20
21
20
21
21
20
20
21
22
22
22
22
21
21
22
22
22
24
23
21
21
23
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