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El Sunset (Benalmádena) surf break

El Sunset (Benalmádena) surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 CET
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El Sunset (Benalmádena) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Sunset (Benalmádena) sea temperature is
14.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Sunset (Benalmádena) today?

The current surf forecast for El Sunset (Benalmádena) at 3PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (04 Feb)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)999988887888766666666665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67576671154847550239835955284465522118803543516400002718
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
SW
50
SW
35
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
20
WSW
20
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.62
5:11AM
0.62
5:16PM
0.59
5:44AM
0.59
5:53PM
0.55
6:16AM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
0.09
10:55PM
0.03
11:15AM
0.10
11:28PM
0.07
11:51AM
0.12
12:01AM
0.12
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------8:15-------8:15-------
Sunset--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
744321--155------11--1--
Temp. °C171616161616171616161816151413131414151413121211
Feels °C (?)118101011101210971211121110111110999998
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