Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 CET
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.6° 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 4AM is: 5.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)16ft (5.0m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)15ft (4.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
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4
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)11121212121212121212121213131313131212121291010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5315693071666963697370386509613646994237423736403947417639192937230915181064792715106012931092
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
2.78
8:19AM
2.98
8:49PM
2.62
9:07AM
2.73
9:41PM
2.48
10:02AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.63
2:36PM
0.64
2:47AM
0.83
3:25PM
0.84
3:43AM
1.02
4:21PM
1.01
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----9:07-------9:06-------9:06---
Sunset------6:16-------6:17-------6:19-
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
1-1-11-11---------------
Temp. °C12121111111111111010101091112101011111212131414
Feels °C (?)775444566677788655566778
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