Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 CET
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Playa de Malpica surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de Malpica sea temperature is
13.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa de Malpica today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Malpica at 3AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)21s
Afternoon (15 Jan)16ft (5.0m)18s
Evening (15 Jan)16ft (5.0m)17s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
3
5
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
2
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
NW
3
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)1212782119181717161616161615151615151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66149435640024845587144941491213634110681044699149615981798801183313501133271137399859047798668155152
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
30
SW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
2.58
2:24PM
2.51
2:44AM
2.75
3:07PM
2.65
3:25AM
2.92
3:46PM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.03
8:11AM
0.96
8:24PM
0.90
8:57AM
0.80
9:07PM
0.75
9:37AM
0.63
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----9:03-------9:03-------9:03---
Sunset------6:23-------6:24-------6:25-
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rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1011111112111210910101010101098777710109
Feels °C (?)553367755556666554444876
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