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La Guancha surfForecast / Gran Canaria / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 WET
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La Guancha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Guancha sea temperature is
20.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at La Guancha today?

The current surf forecast for La Guancha at 7AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

Table - waves today at La Guancha. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
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 (?)
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNE
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.4
NNW
2
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
N
2
N
1.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)13131312121212101191114141514141313131313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31224222715511379774947263375328874160424172215205315281532132311941103443
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.46
8:59PM
1.47
9:29AM
1.44
10:07PM
1.53
10:36AM
1.48
11:03PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.77
2:30PM
0.72
3:15AM
0.76
3:42PM
0.71
4:27AM
0.69
4:42PM
0.64
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--7:54-------7:54-------7:54-----
Sunset-----6:24-------6:25-------6:27--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C161616181817171717171718181818171617171818171716
Feels °C (?)151415171716171717171616131312121111121313121211
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