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Praia da Area dos Cans

Coastal areas · Spain

IntermediateBeach break42.374, -8.933

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Praia da Area dos Cans is a NW-facing sand beach on the Spain shoreline, opening onto the Cantabrian Sea — it catches W–N swell, and offshore E–S winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~16.9°C (62.4°F) on average

Jan

13.6°C

56.5°F · 11.8–15.7°C

Feb

13.1°C

55.6°F · 11.3–14.3°C

Mar

13.3°C

55.9°F · 11.9–15.3°C

Apr

14.2°C

57.6°F · 12.8–15.4°C

May

15.5°C

59.9°F · 12.9–17.9°C

Jun

16.4°C

61.5°F · 14.6–18.5°C

Jul

16.7°C

62.1°F · 14.9–18.4°C

Aug

16.9°C

62.4°F · 14–19.4°C

Sep

16.9°C

62.4°F · 14.3–19.9°C

Oct

16.7°C

62.1°F · 14.8–20.4°C

Nov

15.5°C

59.9°F · 13.1–17.7°C

Dec

14.3°C

57.7°F · 12.6–16°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

W–N

Best wind

E–S

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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