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Plentzia surfForecast / Pais Vasco / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 CET
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Plentzia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Plentzia sea temperature is
13.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Plentzia today?

The current surf forecast for Plentzia at 7PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Plentzia. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
2
3
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)131212121211111111101010201818161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1395118295486992843733833225445136220037310641880253739664169376134824169441441903563
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
3.29
4:51AM
3.58
5:10PM
3.39
5:24AM
3.69
5:44PM
3.44
5:58AM
3.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.52
10:34PM
0.52
11:00AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.41
11:34AM
0.30
11:42PM
0.34
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--------8:38-------8:37-------
Sunset--6:04-------6:05-------6:06-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----11-----------------1
Temp. °C91011111111111110111110101097711131212131312
Feels °C (?)567766676755556326666653
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