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Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 17 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 8PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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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0
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
4
6
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)14131312121212111111111111111091018161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5707465037943177255522271745140111309725484855725721244122817873483508588547945769878107426
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
SW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
2.79
4:02AM
3.08
4:21PM
2.90
4:36AM
3.21
4:55PM
2.98
5:10AM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.60
10:14AM
0.49
10:20PM
0.47
10:48AM
0.37
10:53PM
0.37
11:22AM
0.29
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------9:03-------9:02-------9:02-
Sunset6:25-------6:28-------6:29-------
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--1---------2211---14-2
Temp. °C1089101010111211101099101010109889101111
Feels °C (?)645555798777565566433554
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