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Plentzia surfForecast / Pais Vasco / Spain

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 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
13.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Plentzia today?

The current surf forecast for Plentzia at 5PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
3
3
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
0.7
NW
1.2
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)151515141414131313121212121111111110101020181816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)450142713737329830942534191917491491126911071013102939129825828723136232437394218802355
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
3.16
4:16AM
3.43
4:37PM
3.29
4:51AM
3.58
5:10PM
3.39
5:24AM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.69
9:58PM
0.67
10:24AM
0.52
10:34PM
0.52
11:00AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.41
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------8:40-------8:38-------
Sunset--6:02-------6:04-------6:05-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1113651-----16611---2111
Temp. °C10101099999911111110109999999101010
Feels °C (?)888766555788655677766666
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