El Medano Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.04° N 16.54° W

El Medano 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Medano sea temperature is
22.9° C
0.6° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 10PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)--
Afternoon (13 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 21°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the NE by Thu morning).

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.9
NE
5
1
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
1.4
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
355
355
280
268
268
215
204
184
137
135
87
87
87
86
55
50
48
48
28
31
49
55
69
123
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
40
NE
45
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:20PM1.99m
1:52AM1.88m
2:09PM2.10m
2:41AM1.91m
2:56PM2.17m
3:27AM1.91m
Low Tide
7:39PM0.07m
7:52AM0.14m
8:30PM-0.02m
8:39AM0.10m
9:17PM-0.04m
9:23AM0.10m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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>
7:18
7:18
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:05
9:05
9:04
9:04
 mm
Temp °C
22
23
22
22
22
21
23
23
24
24
23
23
23
23
25
27
25
26
25
26
24
25
26
27
Feels °C
23
24
22
22
22
20
21
21
23
23
21
21
22
23
23
24
22
24
23
24
21
22
21
21
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