Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 14 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
16.0° 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: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.3
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)565555544755151414131313131217161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42455544332619161291628204266608987166151144181597590
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
2.39
2:05PM
2.37
2:17AM
2.61
2:43PM
2.58
2:56AM
2.80
3:20PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
0.44
8:04PM
0.47
8:30AM
0.23
8:43PM
0.26
9:07AM
0.06
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---7:52-------7:50-------7:50----
Sunset-------8:55-------8:57-------8:58
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161513121316171616161515161919191919181819222220
Feels °C (?)12121091013131215161514151817181818161515181715
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