Playa de las Americas surf break

Playa de las Americas surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 20 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
19.4° 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 9PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)--
Afternoon (20 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
2.5
WSW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)138131378888999109988777671111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108394165174655879463498211031313143713911293900692589563228200195106151182176
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
1.95
2:09AM
2.04
2:31PM
1.93
2:48AM
1.94
3:09PM
1.85
3:31AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.01
8:20AM
-0.03
8:34PM
0.04
8:56AM
0.07
9:15PM
0.13
9:36AM
0.22
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset-7:16-------7:17-------7:19------
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clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
123567312211121111111--1
Temp. °C181817171717171718171717171717181718171717171818
Feels °C (?)141413121212121213121212141314141315151717161817
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