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Playa de las Americas surf break

Playa de las Americas surfForecast / Tenerife / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
20.1° 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 7AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)121212131313121212121111111111101015161212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302928171716141436342423232323222022243737363530
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
N
10
E
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offglassoffglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
1.69
5:27PM
1.41
5:41AM
1.53
6:21PM
1.34
6:37AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.42
11:17AM
0.40
11:18PM
0.54
12:05PM
0.51
12:16AM
0.64
1:02PM
0.60
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----7:58-------7:58-------7:58---
Sunset-------6:28-------6:28-------6:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817171718191817171717171818181717171717181919
Feels °C (?)161716141414161514161615161718171616161616171817
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