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Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 26 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
13.1° 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 9PM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)--
Afternoon (26 Jan)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)13ft (4.0m)11s

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

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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4.5
W
4
WSW
5.5
W
5.5
W
6.5
W
6.5
W
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111121213141414141515171717171716161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)415748034006862481361331414463138281262812277124551309516561188191992923967245682350522834212411763614099104499342
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
40
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
15
SSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
10
SE
10
SSE
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53PM
2.64
10:25AM
2.64
11:12PM
2.61
11:53AM
2.58
12:36AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.73
4:04AM
0.88
4:45PM
0.86
5:30AM
0.91
6:09PM
0.88
6:56AM
0.79
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------8:56-------8:55-------8:53-
Sunset6:37-------6:38-------6:40-------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
348153--122--11321114311-
Temp. °C1515151110910988778710111111101010131212
Feels °C (?)986321322222333434588766
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