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Playa de las Americas surf break

Playa de las Americas surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 16 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
18.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Playa de las Americas at 2PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121615151514131414141717161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23622214914513813614619123422827223922227627326920735543652361458614521518
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononglassglasscross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
1.61
11:52PM
1.84
12:16PM
1.74
12:25AM
1.97
12:48PM
1.86
12:58AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.30
6:09AM
0.14
6:13PM
0.18
6:40AM
0.02
6:46PM
0.08
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise7:15-------7:13-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171818181817171717181918181717171718181716151515
Feels °C (?)171818181918161615141514161515141313121212111112
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