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Playa El Palmar surf break

Playa El Palmar surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 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 4PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)7ft (2.1m)18s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)17161616151515151515151414141413131212121212127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)278249322113184621528327110749798536876405305151731602972362291781756761
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NW
15
W
30
W
20
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
2.21
2:14AM
2.40
2:36PM
2.32
2:50AM
2.54
3:11PM
2.42
3:24AM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.63
7:57PM
0.63
8:25AM
0.50
8:33PM
0.51
9:01AM
0.38
9:07PM
0.40
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--------8:33-------8:33-------
Sunset--6:32-------6:34-------6:35-----
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3--241-----121111-------
Temp. °C1314141312121110101212121110109911121210988
Feels °C (?)1110117888679810988667775433
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