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Canary Islands · Monday 5 October 2026
Playa de El Médano tomorrow: light chop, quiet
Small waves; fine for most swimmers. Calm in the morning, light chop later, waves about 0.4 m on this beach (our estimate), quiet. In El Cabezo.
📍 In El Cabezo · faces south-southeast · map
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Hotels near Playa de El Médano
Compare hotelsNear Playa de El Médano: prices and availability for your datesSee hotels26 km/h from the northeast this afternoon; offshore waves 0.5 m every 10 s from the south-southwest (tomorrow). Playa de El Médano faces south-southeast, so the wind blows from the land out to sea and keeps the water flat.
Playa de El Médano, day by day
| Day | Sea | Waves · wind | Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow | Calm → Light chop | ≈0.4 m · 26 km/h NE | Quiet |
| Tue 6 Oct | Light chop → Calm | ≈0.4 m · 25 km/h NE | Quiet |
| Wed 7 Oct | Calm | under 0.3 m · 33 km/h NE | Quiet |
| Thu 8 Oct | Light chop | ≈0.6 m · 28 km/h NE | Quiet |
| Fri 9 Oct | Light chop → Calm | ≈0.3 m · 32 km/h NE | Quiet |
| Sat 10 Oct | Light chop | ≈0.4 m · 15 km/h NNE | Normal |
| Sun 11 Oct | Light chop | ≈0.4 m · 28 km/h NE | Normal |
Sea: morning → afternoon when it changes. Waves are our estimate for this beach from the offshore forecast; wind is the afternoon average. Crowd is our estimate. This week: calm water on 1 of 7 days, a good day (calm and not crowded) on 1. Best day: Wednesday 7 October 2026.
About Playa de El Médano
Playa de El Médano is a sandy beach about 210 m long, in El Cabezo (Tenerife). It faces south-southeast: wind from the north-northwest blows off the land here and flattens the water, while wind and swell from the south-southeast roll straight in. OpenStreetMap shows 75 places to eat or drink within 400 m, 10 hotels or apartments within 600 m, toilets, showers and parking nearby.
Close by
- La Tejita: 2.2 km away, faces south-southwest, light chop tomorrow
- Playa de Los Cristianos: 17.6 km away, faces south, calm tomorrow
- Playa de Las Vistas: 18.2 km away, faces south-southwest, calm tomorrow