Playa de Famara surf break

Playa de Famara surfForecast / Lanzarote / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 WET
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Playa de Famara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de Famara sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Playa de Famara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Famara at 7PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (13 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.4
NNW
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
1.9
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.2
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
Period(s) (?)131515141413131313121212121213131212122018181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2812027291335083523307528662715248021381571156086489511731191112298885711221461163416511829
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
1.79
10:49AM
1.75
11:15PM
1.90
11:40AM
1.84
11:59PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.84
4:37AM
0.81
4:53PM
0.76
5:31AM
0.69
5:41PM
0.65
6:14AM
0.56
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-
Sunset-6:15-------6:16-------6:17------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181717161616171717171616161616161616151515151517
Feels °C (?)12111210910111111111010101111121212111111111214
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