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El Medano surf break

El Medano surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 25 Jan 2026 WET
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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
19.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Medano today?

The current surf forecast for El Medano at 7PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)8888888998877776611121616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31312317171724191210105522210055554
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
1.58
6:12AM
1.63
6:57PM
1.51
7:30AM
1.52
8:22PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.36
11:50PM
0.50
12:33PM
0.47
1:05AM
0.58
1:52PM
0.55
2:42AM
0.58
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise7:56-------7:56-------7:54-------
Sunset---6:39-------6:40-------6:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717171616161515161717161616161617181818181718
Feels °C (?)131515151414151315151615151515151517171817181618
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