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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 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
15.7° 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 5AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
1.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)15151515151515141414141313812121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27914212832751074971853797640530518413121105233229178175132234226112206164
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.40
2:36PM
2.32
2:50AM
2.54
3:11PM
2.42
3:24AM
2.65
3:44PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
0.63
8:25AM
0.50
8:33PM
0.51
9:01AM
0.38
9:07PM
0.40
9:35AM
0.29
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:33-------8:33-------8:33---
Sunset------6:34-------6:35-------6:36-
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
51-----122124-----------
Temp. °C12121110101212121210999111211109888101112
Feels °C (?)8876788910865678654443467
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