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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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 10AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
1
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.4
WSW
2.2
W
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)131212111010101312121171188101413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1326433754494855139171195173111650544777617151561124510871020759638520
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
S
15
SSW
10
SW
0
WSW
5
NNE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
1.94
10:45PM
1.93
11:19AM
1.92
11:52PM
2.00
12:24PM
1.98
12:48AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
0.97
4:14PM
0.96
4:55AM
0.98
5:26PM
0.95
6:07AM
0.90
6:27PM
0.88
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--8:34-------8:34-------8:34-----
Sunset----6:29-------6:30-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------223443-----
Temp. °C121111131414141514141516161515151414131414141413
Feels °C (?)998101111101110910101010991113121112141312
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