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Empuriabrava surfForecast / Catalunia / Spain
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Empuriabrava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Empuriabrava sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Empuriabrava today?
The current surf forecast for Empuriabrava at 2AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Empuriabrava. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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 kJ (?) | 374 | 368 | 196 | 159 | 149 | 127 | 74 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 51 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | glass | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:20AM 0.20 | 6:28PM 0.14 | 7:54AM 0.22 | 7:06PM 0.14 | 8:29AM 0.23 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:14AM 0.04 | 1:39PM 0.09 | 12:45AM 0.03 | 2:22PM 0.09 | 1:17AM 0.02 | 3:02PM 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 8:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:11 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:16 | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
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