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El Sardinero - Primera surfForecast / Cantabria / Spain
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
El Sardinero - Primera surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Sardinero - Primera sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at El Sardinero - Primera today?
The current surf forecast for El Sardinero - Primera at 1AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 21s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Dec) | 6ft (1.8m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (12 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (12 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at El Sardinero - Primera. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1135 | 905 | 744 | 892 | 1233 | 1285 | 1901 | 3048 | 4013 | 8071 | 9185 | 8698 | 7778 | 7009 | 6293 | 5692 | 4456 | 3792 | 3415 | 2907 | 2173 | 1862 | 1604 | 1273 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:52PM 3.05 | 10:34AM 3.41 | 11:02PM 2.98 | 11:43AM 3.36 | 12:09AM 3.01 | 12:44PM 3.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:36PM 1.39 | 3:45AM 1.32 | 4:47PM 1.52 | 4:56AM 1.41 | 5:58PM 1.53 | 6:07AM 1.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:38 | - |
| Sunset | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
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