Surf-Forecast | Papagayo - Playa Blanca Surf Guide

Lat Long: 28.84° N 13.79° W

Issued: 12 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Papagayo - Playa Blanca sea temperature is

24.0°C

Papagayo - Playa Blanca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Papagayo - Playa Blanca Surf Guide

Papagayo - Playa Blanca in Lanzarote is a reasonably exposed reef break that only works once in a while. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Offshore winds blow from the east northeast with some shelter here from north winds. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. There is no reef break. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Take care to avoid the rocks.

Papagayo - Playa Blanca Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	2	inconsistent	24.0°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Papagayo - Playa Blanca:

The best conditions reported for surf at Papagayo - Playa Blanca occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Papagayo - Playa Blanca Location Map

Interactive Papagayo - Playa Blanca surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Papagayo - Playa Blanca Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 20:28 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 22			Wed
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Papagayo - Playa Blanca

Current tide and informaton

For Castillo del Rubicón - Playa Blanca, 3 km from Papagayo - Playa Blanca.

Next High Water: 12:14am | 1.88m

Next Low Water: 06:11am | 0.63m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
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Papagayo - Playa Blanca Sea Temperature

Warm in and out of the water temperature at Papagayo - Playa Blanca today, but forecast to be overcast. With sea temperatures of 24.0 °C and a wind chill of 24.0 °C, most surfers will choose a shorty or a summer suit or just board shorts.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 24.0°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite