Playa de la Barrosa surf break

Playa de la Barrosa surfForecast / Andalucia / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 CET
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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 8AM is: 5.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)18ft (5.5m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)18ft (5.5m)12s
Evening (28 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
5
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
6
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.8
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)10131491112131516161616161515151414141414131918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)350449435743407082978408117808989947382536568565545413979334134822850574631613515115531523533
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
WSW
45
SW
65
SW
70
WSW
35
WNW
30
W
20
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
2.16
10:52AM
2.16
11:31PM
2.25
12:14PM
2.26
12:42AM
2.44
1:19PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
0.77
5:05PM
0.77
5:53AM
0.66
6:23PM
0.66
7:04AM
0.45
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----8:29-------8:27-------8:27---
Sunset------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
111219214-------1------1
Temp. °C151515151615161517171717171717171616141314151616
Feels °C (?)88633911129101112121211121214111213121312
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