Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 CET
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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
15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Playa El Palmar today?

The current surf forecast for Playa El Palmar at 4PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.2
W
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.9
SSW
0.3
W
1
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.8
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)4106131313412512121111111111111010410131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128101413132525452524222121212120191821418475103
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SE
5
E
15
NE
10
N
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
10
W
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
onononcrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07PM
2.43
6:23AM
2.64
6:51PM
2.28
7:08AM
2.44
7:38PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.23
11:58PM
0.41
12:36PM
0.40
12:41AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.58
1:28AM
0.74
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--------8:34-------8:34-------
Sunset--6:23-------6:24-------6:25-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11-------------11---
Temp. °C81010101011121110101010101111121315151514121110
Feels °C (?)5769810998767899111212121110876
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