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La Placa surfForecast / Valencia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 CET
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La Placa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Placa sea temperature is
15.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Placa today?

The current surf forecast for La Placa at 2AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
E
1.9
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)101111111112131212121212121111111111111010998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)580487406553505575112414391369158112489727024992922371891461086947261410
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
W
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
W
35
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
0.16
2:42PM
0.15
3:12PM
0.14
8:13AM
0.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56PM
0.00
11:20PM
0.01
11:41PM
0.02
10:37AM
0.11
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------8:14-------8:14-------8:12-
Sunset6:08-------6:09-------6:12-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413121212121416141213131212141513131212121314
Feels °C (?)9119667791298109425767889106
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