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Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 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
13.6° 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 9PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

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

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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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1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.4
NW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414131312121212111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9858109091191511757103389507852673995707465039833064258421461761125610679905484675305014641070
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
2.65
3:25AM
2.92
3:46PM
2.79
4:02AM
3.08
4:21PM
2.90
4:36AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
0.75
9:37AM
0.63
9:45PM
0.60
10:14AM
0.49
10:20PM
0.47
10:48AM
0.37
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------9:03-------9:03-------9:02-
Sunset6:24-------6:25-------6:28-------
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
2111222211111--------221
Temp. °C109888881010999109101212101010991010
Feels °C (?)655555676554656887886644
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