Playa de las Americas surf break

Playa de las Americas surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 WET
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Playa de las Americas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de las Americas sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa de las Americas today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de las Americas at 12AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (20 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Playa de las Americas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.6
NW
3
WSW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.4
NW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1413141481414131314988888991010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1708139815419079541150105810991083743934848794109711631163166017962114207816981175528352
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
40
SSW
35
WNW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
1.93
1:33AM
2.08
1:56PM
1.95
2:09AM
2.04
2:31PM
1.93
2:48AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
0.02
7:45AM
-0.08
7:56PM
0.01
8:20AM
-0.03
8:34PM
0.04
8:56AM
0.07
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------7:11-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-7:16-------7:16-------7:17------
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11365--22346772222121---
Temp. °C161617171617171818171717171717171717171717171818
Feels °C (?)131313111011111314131313121213121212131212141514
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