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El Sunset (Benalmádena) surf break

El Sunset (Benalmádena) surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
15.2° 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 2PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.8
SW
1.2
SW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.1
E
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121367121212121111111167755977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3123028266025913510610472674241242121224077191327337
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
15
NNW
20
WNW
30
WSW
40
W
25
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
0.59
4:32PM
0.60
5:10AM
0.59
5:09PM
0.59
5:44AM
0.59
5:49PM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.13
10:52PM
0.04
11:09AM
0.13
11:26PM
0.06
11:48AM
0.13
12:02AM
0.09
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--8:26-------8:26-------8:26-----
Sunset----6:30-------6:31-------6:32---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1262-------14101--11-
Temp. °C101011141313131313121213151413131313131414121010
Feels °C (?)678109881087881011988101098434
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