Playa de la Barrosa surf break

Playa de la Barrosa surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 CET
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Playa de la Barrosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de la Barrosa sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa de la Barrosa today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de la Barrosa at 10AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.4
WSW
2.2
W
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)131212111010101312121171188101413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1326433754494855139171195173111650544777617151561124510871020759638520
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
ENE
10
S
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.96
10:46PM
1.97
11:20AM
1.94
11:53PM
2.03
12:25PM
2.01
12:49AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.99
4:15PM
0.97
4:57AM
0.99
5:27PM
0.97
6:09AM
0.91
6:28PM
0.89
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--8:36-------8:36-------8:34-----
Sunset----6:29-------6:30-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1222231-----
Temp. °C121211131414141514141516161415151414131414141313
Feels °C (?)910810111010109891010810101112121213131212
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