Cantabria Surf Spots

Consistent west-facing beachbreak at Suances with hollow, fast a-frame peaks sheltered by cliffs from NE summer breezes.

Long beachbreak near Santoña with shifting A-frame peaks on a sandy bottom, works on medium NW-N swells at all tides.

Rarely crowded right-hander off the eastern end of a scenic Cantabrian bay, waking up on big NW winter swells.

Spacious Cantabrian beachbreak inside a natural park, with shifting a-frame peaks that work at all tides on NW through N swells.

Highly consistent Cantabrian beachbreak with mellow, fast-running A-frame peaks and a full surf village scene.

Sandbar-dependent rivermouth beachbreak on the Cantabrian coast, firing in punchy a-frame peaks on W-NW swells.

Sheltered urban beachbreak in Castro Urdiales, a reliable fallback when bigger spots nearby are blown out or oversized.

Reliable Cantabrian beachbreak near San Vicente with shifting peaks, best on NW swell at the sheltered rivermouth end.

Highly consistent northwest-facing swell-magnet beachbreak with a-frame peaks, working best when the rest of Cantabria is too small.

Punchy sand-bottom beachbreak near Noja with a-frame peaks, offshore on SW winds, best on NW to N swell.

Steep, fast beachbreak below cliffs on the Cantabrian coast, best at low to mid tide on northwest swells with a southerly offshore.

Popular Cantabrian beachbreak in a wide circular bay, producing fast, punchy a-frame peaks that fire best on winter swells.

Punchy, fast left at the western end of a picturesque Cantabrian bay, breaking off the river mouth at low tide.

Powerful A-frame beachbreak at the eastern end of Trengandin Beach, delivering hollow, fast barrels on NW swells at high tide.

Urban east-facing beachbreak in Santander city, firing on big NW-N storms with shifting peaks across all tides.

Consistent NW-facing beachbreak with shifting sand peaks near San Vicente de la Barquera, good on most tides.

World-class righthand reefbreak off the island of Santa Marina delivering freight-train barrels on rare but perfect NW swells.

A-frame reef-sand break near Suances serving punchy lefts and rights for intermediates, best from low to mid tide.

Hollow lefthand rivermouth at the Rio Pas outlet, firing with speedy, steep sections when the outgoing tide drains the sandbank.

Extremely rare but perfect long lefthand pointbreak near Santoña, firing only on the biggest NW-N swells over boulders and sand.

Highly consistent A-frame beachbreak inside a protected coastal park, with fast, steep peaks across all tides.