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Playa de Carnota surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 CET
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Playa de Carnota surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de Carnota sea temperature is
12.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa de Carnota today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Carnota at 1PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 3.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111121212121212121213131212131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)233124762605568728732895811791928111714621665161014723599381636932451172815581100933814699
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
50
S
45
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
ENE
5
N
0
NNW
5
W
10
SW
25
SSW
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		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
2.29
11:44PM
2.31
12:14PM
2.25
12:52AM
2.38
1:21PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
1.10
5:17PM
1.06
5:59AM
1.13
6:26PM
1.07
7:09AM
1.05
7:27PM
1.00
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--9:04-------9:04-------9:04-----
Sunset----6:22-------6:23-------6:24---
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light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--2675777104122----11----
Temp. °C141414131313121212121213121212111112121212111111
Feels °C (?)666544454778891099111211111096
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