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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 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
15.4° 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 6AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)141413131312121212121211111111111010101818161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)640530511413395297233181178134132121116112817973494810296133181181
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
S
20
S
20
SE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
2.54
3:11PM
2.42
3:24AM
2.65
3:44PM
2.48
3:58AM
2.73
4:18PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.51
9:01AM
0.38
9:07PM
0.40
9:35AM
0.29
9:40PM
0.32
10:08AM
0.23
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----8:33-------8:33-------8:33---
Sunset------6:35-------6:36-------6:37-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1333221-----------------
Temp. °C1111111010111212109888101112121111109111112
Feels °C (?)997666885544356897764557
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