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El Sunset (Benalmádena) surf break

El Sunset (Benalmádena) surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 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
15.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for El Sunset (Benalmádena) at 10AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (17 Jan)--
Evening (17 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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
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
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
ENE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)544444448887734455555454
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1174077330000033678442253
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.52
2:14PM
0.56
3:02AM
0.54
2:50PM
0.58
3:35AM
0.56
3:24PM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
0.20
8:42PM
0.07
8:51AM
0.17
9:16PM
0.05
9:25AM
0.15
9:48PM
0.04
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:27-------8:27-------8:27-----
Sunset----6:27-------6:28-------6:29---
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------11-11----------
Temp. °C111010121312111098912121211109991314121010
Feels °C (?)9779988766689108655478755
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