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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 CEST
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Playa El Palmar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa El Palmar sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa El Palmar today?

The current surf forecast for Playa El Palmar at 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Playa El Palmar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
WSW
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010109999156121111111088
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313131311717171777778761774892871121546392
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
20
SE
30
SSE
15
SW
15
S
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
2.78
6:04PM
2.78
6:35AM
2.58
6:54PM
2.61
7:31AM
2.35
7:53PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
0.17
12:14AM
0.13
12:32PM
0.37
1:07AM
0.33
1:25PM
0.60
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-7:45-------7:43-------7:41------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:01-------9:02--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161519222322171716171920191817161515171919181615
Feels °C (?)131216191919131412121417141716171515171817161413
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