Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa El Palmar today?

The current surf forecast for Playa El Palmar at 3PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)67777667777714145566655477
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24424024731632823029947342529024418618318066809371533019152725
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
WNW
35
W
30
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
1.93
12:51AM
2.17
1:25PM
2.15
1:36AM
2.39
2:05PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.88
6:34PM
0.91
7:12AM
0.67
7:23PM
0.70
7:53AM
0.44
8:04PM
0.47
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-7:54-------7:54-------7:52------
Sunset-----8:54-------8:54-------8:55--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121112131617151210101114151516141312131517161616
Feels °C (?)6656910643458891010109101213121516
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