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Playa de Famara surf break

Playa de Famara surfForecast / Lanzarote / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 27 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
18.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa de Famara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Famara at 9PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
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0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)131616161515161615191918171717161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18634959659174247456752980368036811512798132031292211467106279455778465095330476641343517324029822857
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.88
9:16AM
1.88
9:59PM
1.97
10:39AM
1.97
11:09PM
2.15
11:45AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.68
2:51AM
0.71
3:32PM
0.67
4:21AM
0.59
4:49PM
0.57
5:31AM
0.40
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset-6:28-------6:29-------6:29------
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717171717181818181817171717171818171717181819
Feels °C (?)151415161515171615171716161515151717161716151516
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