Surf's Up
Surf

Color palette

← Basque Country report

Basque Country · Today

Zarautz

When to go

10:00 AM–12:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

2.5–2.6 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 4.3 kt · direction unavailable

Forecast details
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.
Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

  • 9:00 AM–11:00 AM · Europe/Madrid

    Light wind · up to 2.0 kt · reported gusts up to 6.2 kt

    Offshore waves: 2.4–2.6 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.

    Wind source time: Sep 23, 1:30 AM GMT+2. This is not the model run issue time.
How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence
  • Returned marine grid point is 9.9 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
  • Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
  • No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
  • Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
  • A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind SSW 4 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details
Offshore model swellNW 1.6 ft @ 8sValid 2026-09-23 02:00 · Europe/MadridMarine grid 43.3750, -2.2083 · offshore model, not a local measurement
Offshore model sea2.2 ft @ 9.4sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 02:00 · Europe/Madrid
Model windSSW 4 ktoffshoreValid 2026-09-23 02:00 · Europe/Madrid3.5 kt offshore component
TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated
AEMET Zarautz-Zarauz named-beach forecast

Qualitative swell: Morning: moderado; afternoon: fuerte.

2026-09-23 local beach-forecast dayOfficial AEMET named-beach qualitative swell category; not measured wave height, offshore significant wave height, or breaking-surf rangeFile updated Sep 22, 8:51 AM GMT+2

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Zarautz
TimeWindTideOffshore swell
S 3.9 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
S 3.9 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
SSW 4 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
SSW 4.3 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
SSE 4.4 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.5 ft @ 8s
S 4.3 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.5 ft @ 8s
S 3.7 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.5 ft @ 10s
S 3.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 12s
S 2.9 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.6 ft @ 14s
SSW 2 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.7 ft @ 15s
SW 1.7 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.8 ft @ 14s
N 2 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 1.9 ft @ 14s
N 4.3 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.1 ft @ 13s
N 4.9 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.4 ft @ 12s
N 4.3 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
NNW 5.7 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
NNW 5.1 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
NNW 4.7 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.7 ft @ 11s
NW 3.5 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.7 ft @ 11s
NW 3.4 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
NW 3.1 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
W 2.7 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
SW 3.2 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
SSW 2.6 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindS 3.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindS 3.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindSSW 4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindSSW 4.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindSSE 4.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.5 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindS 4.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.5 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindS 3.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.5 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindS 3.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 12s
Unavailable
WindS 2.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.6 ft @ 14s
Unavailable
WindSSW 2 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.7 ft @ 15s
Unavailable
WindSW 1.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.8 ft @ 14s
Unavailable
WindN 2 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 1.9 ft @ 14s
Unavailable
WindN 4.3 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.1 ft @ 13s
Unavailable
WindN 4.9 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.4 ft @ 12s
Unavailable
WindN 4.3 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNNW 5.7 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNNW 5.1 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.6 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNNW 4.7 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.7 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNW 3.5 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.7 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNW 3.4 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNW 3.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindW 2.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindSW 3.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindSSW 2.6 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNW 2.8 ft @ 11s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 43.29, -2.17.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 0° · Location provenance

Model request point: Zarautz (43.29, -2.17). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · SPAIN · spot-level model point

  • Puertos del Estado PORTUS
    Measured buoys/tide gauges plus wave, sea-level, current, and SST forecasts; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • The Buoy API
    Normalized nearest-buoy discovery and readings; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • WorldTides API
    AEMET beach pages attribute tide times to the Spanish Navy Hydrographic Institute, but the public XML omits those tides and no machine response with datum and station identity was verified.    UnavailableNo source time
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback    Not applicableNo source time
  • Surfline public spot pages
    Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata    Not applicableNo source time
  • AEMET Zarautz-Zarauz named-beach forecast
    AEMET Zarautz-Zarauz named-beach forecast; Official AEMET named-beach qualitative swell category; not measured wave height, offshore significant wave height, or breaking-surf range    Current
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.