El Sunset (Benalmádena) Surf Forecast

/ Andalucia (56 surf breaks) /

Spain (310 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.58° N 4.53° W)

Surf Forecasts:

El Sunset (Benalmádena) surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for El Sunset (Benalmádena) at 12PM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	4s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	-	-
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	3s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	—	—	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	-	-	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	8	8	22	8	8	8	8	14	15	15	23
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	NNE	ENE	ESE	SE	S	ESE	ENE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)				12:16PM 0.46				12:15AM 0.48				1:26PM 0.50				1:23AM 0.52					2:13PM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32AM 0.18				6:13PM 0.26				6:54AM 0.15				7:24PM 0.22				7:49AM 0.11					8:12PM 0.17

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	23	24	25	24	23	22	22	22	24	25	25	25	23	23	23	23	24	25	26	25	24	23
Feels °C (?)	25	24	25	26	27	26	25	24	24	24	26	27	27	27	25	24	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	26

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Andalucia

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Sunset (Benalmádena) (calm at Malaga Airport 11 km from El Sunset (Benalmádena)). 0.3m 4s local chop from the E with a 0.1m 4s local chop, also from the E and a 0.1m 9s swell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 52 minutes ago El Sunset (Benalmádena)

Expand

View all

1 h 52 min ago

4 km/h

NNW

Clean

Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Sunset (Benalmádena) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.