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Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 28 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 5PM is: 6.5m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)20ft (6.0m)17s
Afternoon (28 Jan)21ft (6.5m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)21ft (6.5m)16s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
6
W
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
7.5
WNW
8
WNW
8.5
WNW
8.5
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161514141413131417181817171615161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2099124244263182400121779188621639413444104929054832310810119791654432486370273355729381308813127432656365043153625543
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
40
SW
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
2.58
12:36AM
2.70
1:18PM
2.68
1:50AM
2.91
2:26PM
2.86
2:49AM
3.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.88
6:56AM
0.79
7:26PM
0.76
8:08AM
0.57
8:28PM
0.57
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise--------8:53-------8:52-------
Sunset--6:40-------6:42-------6:43-----
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Rain (mm)
911-42---111---15-191-1-
Temp. °C911111110121413131413121212121212121299101011
Feels °C (?)3445687788555644564-10235
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