Andalusia, Spain

El Palmar buoy: live swell

El Palmar, in Vejer de la Frontera, is the surf beach of the province of Cádiz. It works mostly in winter, with west swells coming into the Gulf of Cádiz. The Gulf of Cádiz buoy, 85 km offshore, sees those swells; the Tarifa buoy is closer but sits in the Strait.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for El Palmar

Check this one first85 km west

Golfo de Cádiz Buoy

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot. Puertos del Estado 2342.

Swell
0.6 m
Period
4 s
Direction
SW 235°
Water
21.6 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 02:00 PM

Nearby50 km south-east

Tarifa Buoy

To cross-check the reading. Puertos del Estado 1500.

Swell
0.5 m
Period
5 s
Direction
S 192°
Max
0.7 m
Water
17.8 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 02:00 PM

9.7 km east

Wind · Vejer de la Frontera

11 km/h
W

gusts 22 km/h

Reading at 02:00 PM

Tides at Tarifa

  • High tide11:58 AM1.31 m · coef. 66
  • Low tide06:15 PM0.42 m
  • High tideFri 12:26 AM1.29 m · coef. 71
  • Low tideFri 06:18 AM0.44 m

El Palmar wave forecast

Wave model IBI 3 km · updated

Weather · updated

Thu 5/11

0.6-0.8m

32 kJ

0.7m 6s

241°

13

22

km/h

SW

0.6-0.7m

30 kJ

0.6m 6s

239°

10

22

km/h

SW

0.5-0.6m

28 kJ

0.6m 7s

255°

1

5

km/h

NW

Low tide05:39 AM0.48m
High tide11:58 AM1.31m66
Low tide06:15 PM0.42m
Fri 6/11

0.4-0.5m

29 kJ

0.5m 8s

258°

7

11

km/h

NE

0.4-0.4m

24 kJ

0.4m 9s

265°

7

12

km/h

NE

0.3-0.4m

24 kJ

0.4m 9s

270°

5

10

km/h

E

0.3-0.4m

25 kJ

0.4m 9s

266°

7

13

km/h

S

0.3-0.4m

22 kJ

0.4m 9s

264°

7

14

km/h

SE

0.3-0.4m

17 kJ

0.3m 9s

270°

6

10

km/h

E

High tide12:26 AM1.29m71
Low tide06:18 AM0.44m
High tide12:43 PM1.36m75
Low tide06:44 PM0.37m
Sat 7/11

0.3-0.4m

13 kJ

0.4m 7s

228°

10

18

km/h

E

0.3-0.4m

11 kJ

0.3m 7s

234°

11

23

km/h

E

0.3-0.4m

10 kJ

0.4m 6s

223°

18

30

km/h

E

0.4-0.5m

12 kJ

0.4m 6s

219°

19

32

km/h

SE

0.4-0.5m

13 kJ

0.5m 6s

209°

19

33

km/h

E

0.4-0.5m

12 kJ

0.4m 6s

227°

18

30

km/h

E

Sun 8/11

0.6-0.7m

21 kJ

0.7m 5s

159°

26

45

km/h

E

0.6-0.7m

20 kJ

0.6m 5s

159°

27

45

km/h

E

0.6-0.7m

20 kJ

0.7m 5s

158°

27

48

km/h

SE

0.6-0.8m

22 kJ

0.7m 5s

149°

24

48

km/h

SE

0.7-0.8m

27 kJ

0.8m 5s

148°

22

40

km/h

SE

0.6-0.8m

23 kJ

0.7m 5s

142°

26

54

km/h

E

Mon 9/11

0.9-1.1m

100 kJ

1m 7s

204°

19

52

km/h

SE

1-1.3m

157 kJ

1.1m 8s

242°

28

51

km/h

S

1.3-1.5m

228 kJ

1.4m 8s

250°

31

62

km/h

S

1.5-1.9m

306 kJ

1.7m 7s

247°

34

55

km/h

SW

2-2.4m

511 kJ

2.2m 7s

239°

31

45

km/h

SW

2.1-2.5m

669 kJ

2.3m 8s

241°

26

50

km/h

SW