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El Roque surfForecast / Gran Canaria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 WEST
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El Roque surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Roque sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Roque today?

The current surf forecast for El Roque at 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
N
1.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.7
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101056667888111111101012121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4935342833314860155152120105165101158493713771763717668954954749
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
ononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
2.14
4:13PM
2.14
4:43AM
1.96
5:03PM
2.01
5:40AM
1.76
6:02PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.14
10:26PM
0.13
10:42AM
0.31
11:20PM
0.28
11:36AM
0.49
12:29AM
0.45
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--7:31-------7:31-------7:30-----
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919202019181818181819191817171717171818181717
Feels °C (?)201818191918161615161617161515161616161716161516
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