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Playa de Famara surf break

Playa de Famara surfForecast / Lanzarote / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
17.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Playa de Famara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Famara at 3PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)11ft (3.5m)18s
Afternoon (19 Mar)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (19 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
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)
!
0
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
!
0
1
1
1
1
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)181615161514141414131414141410101011111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)691865517301416135032946261837282565313316621310943882834890908118512711509124310191039957
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
40
S
55
SSW
65
SSW
30
WSW
25
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
2.54
2:03AM
2.71
2:25PM
2.57
2:40AM
2.67
3:02PM
2.54
3:20AM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
-0.05
7:50PM
0.02
8:14AM
-0.08
8:26PM
-0.00
8:49AM
-0.03
9:04PM
0.05
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:04-------7:05-------7:05----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1---11--------1-----1
Temp. °C171818181718181817191919181818181819191919181817
Feels °C (?)1211111211119712151212121212121111111112111313
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