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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 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
15.3° 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 9AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.1
WNW
0.7
W
1
WNW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
2.2
WNW
1.9
WSW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
2.2
W
2.2
W
1.1
WNW
2.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)1615151515151467777771616161616881478
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2492943573524852093674086695294953733021817372310194010687645735354655751472
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
20
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
40
W
25
NNW
25
WNW
30
W
45
W
50
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
2.77
4:52PM
2.52
5:05AM
2.76
5:27PM
2.50
5:42AM
2.71
6:05PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
0.28
10:42AM
0.20
10:46PM
0.27
11:16AM
0.22
11:22PM
0.31
11:53AM
0.27
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----8:32-------8:32-------8:30---
Sunset------6:37-------6:38-------6:39-
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rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----111131------1282-112
Temp. °C131313131415151515151413131414151415151314141412
Feels °C (?)10101110998889879109977988852
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