Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 CEST
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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
14.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa de Malpica today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Malpica at 10AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)12121414141313101099991011111111111110101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8086051314951656495330461442367322315336442843813718655631551501521467496
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
NE
10
NE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
0
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
ENE
0
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
3.22
8:39AM
2.87
9:02PM
3.00
9:47AM
2.61
10:15PM
2.80
11:11AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.37
2:39PM
0.65
3:26AM
0.61
3:45PM
0.89
4:46AM
0.79
5:08PM
1.02
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---7:41-------7:41-------7:39----
Sunset-------9:24-------9:25-------9:28
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C131211111518191512121212161716151313131316171715
Feels °C (?)1110881114151210101010151513131313121115151514
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