Canary Islands, Spain

El Confital buoy: live swell

El Confital, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a powerful right over a volcanic slab that works on north swells in winter. The Gran Canaria buoy, 36 km offshore, sees the swell coming; the Las Palmas Este buoy is closer, on the east coast.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for El Confital

Check this one first36 km west

Gran Canaria Buoy

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot. Puertos del Estado 2442.

Swell
0.8 m
Period
12 s
Direction
N 6°
Water
24.3 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 01:00 PM

Nearby13 km south

Las Palmas Este Buoy

To cross-check the reading. Puertos del Estado 1414.

Swell
0.6 m
Period
11 s
Direction
NE 35°
Max
0.8 m
Water
24.3 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 01:00 PM

3 km south-east

Wind · Mareografo de Las Palmas 2

13 km/h
NW

gusts 18 km/h

Reading at 01:40 PM

Tides at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  • Low tide04:48 PM0.55 m
  • High tide10:59 PM2.19 m · coef. 71
  • Low tideFri 05:00 AM0.63 m
  • High tideFri 11:13 AM2.34 m · coef. 75

El Confital wave forecast

Wave model GFS Wave 18 km · updated

Thu 5/11

0.8-0.9m

155 kJ

0.9m 10s

4°

0.8-1m

161 kJ

0.9m 10s

3°

0.8-1m

151 kJ

0.9m 10s

5°

Low tide04:16 AM0.74m
High tide10:29 AM2.27m66
Low tide04:48 PM0.55m
High tide10:59 PM2.19m71
Fri 6/11

0.8-0.9m

135 kJ

0.9m 10s

1°

0.8-0.9m

125 kJ

0.8m 10s

1°

0.7-0.9m

113 kJ

0.8m 9s

5°

0.7-0.9m

98 kJ

0.8m 9s

5°

0.7-0.8m

84 kJ

0.7m 9s

5°

0.6-0.8m

69 kJ

0.7m 9s

6°

Low tide05:00 AM0.63m
High tide11:13 AM2.34m75
Low tide05:25 PM0.49m
Sat 7/11

0.5-0.6m

84 kJ

0.6m 11s

329°

0.5-0.6m

64 kJ

0.5m 11s

331°

0.5-0.6m

62 kJ

0.5m 11s

331°

0.5-0.6m

77 kJ

0.6m 11s

332°

0.5-0.6m

67 kJ

0.6m 10s

334°

0.5-0.6m

54 kJ

0.5m 10s

335°

Sun 8/11

0.4-0.5m

33 kJ

0.5m 9s

350°

0.5-0.6m

77 kJ

0.5m 12s

315°

0.6-0.8m

132 kJ

0.7m 12s

309°

0.8-0.9m

187 kJ

0.9m 11s

306°

0.8-0.9m

182 kJ

0.9m 11s

309°

0.8-0.9m

166 kJ

0.8m 11s

311°

Mon 9/11

0.8-1m

212 kJ

0.9m 11s

315°

0.9-1.1m

264 kJ

1m 11s

314°

1.1-1.3m

479 kJ

1.2m 13s

313°

1.2-1.5m

546 kJ

1.3m 12s

312°

1.2-1.5m

567 kJ

1.4m 13s

311°

1.2-1.5m

547 kJ

1.3m 13s

311°