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Louro (Playa Area Maior) surf break

Louro (Playa Area Maior) surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 CET
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Louro (Playa Area Maior) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Louro (Playa Area Maior) sea temperature is
12.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Louro (Playa Area Maior) today?

The current surf forecast for Louro (Playa Area Maior) at 10AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 3.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)16ft (5.0m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)16ft (5.0m)13s

Table - waves today at Louro (Playa Area Maior). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
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
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
3
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
4.5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3
W
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
0.7
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)121111101112131212121212141414131313121222202018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13011473156542056420771682566814572149244415256323572271194714741067864646455444110316852319
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
WSW
45
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
W
5
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
3.36
4:57PM
3.12
5:10AM
3.43
5:31PM
3.17
5:45AM
3.42
6:06PM
3.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.07
10:56PM
0.12
11:23AM
0.00
11:30PM
0.09
11:57AM
0.02
12:07AM
0.13
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--8:30-------8:27-------8:26-----
Sunset-----7:10-------7:12-------7:13--
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11241111-1--------------
Temp. °C12131313111110111111111212121110998910101010
Feels °C (?)564322022346789877578888
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