Playa de Malpica surf break

Playa de Malpica surfForecast / Galicia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 21 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
13.9° 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 7AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
4
3
4
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212151513131312121214141413131399101011121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73711764897328088768938085361314951722431330235227271299469667950870743
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
10
SW
5
NW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SW
5
W
20
NE
10
ENE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
0
ESE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglassglassononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
3.15
8:04PM
3.22
8:39AM
2.87
9:02PM
3.00
9:47AM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.14
1:45PM
0.38
2:21AM
0.37
2:39PM
0.65
3:26AM
0.61
3:45PM
0.89
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---7:43-------7:41-------7:41----
Sunset-------9:23-------9:24-------9:25
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------211---------------
Temp. °C111215172123181612111111151818141212121216171615
Feels °C (?)9101214182118149888111516111011111015151414
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