San Fernando – Camposoto

San Fernando · Cádiz and Huelva · Spain

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Camposoto is a wild beach of dunes and marshes belonging to San Fernando, south of Cádiz. Its sandbars give short, punchy lefts and rights that can be hollow and powerful on good days and fun on smaller ones. It works at all tides. There is no surf in summer.

Level
Beginners
Break
Beach break, sand
Waves
Lefts and rights
Crowd
Some company
Season
winter, autumn, spring
Boards
A shortboard or fish when it is punchy, a foam board on small days.

When it works

✓ A 1–1.5 m west to south-west swell with an east or north-east wind.

When it doesn't

✕ Summer flat spells and westerly winds.

Watch out for

  • rips

Best months

October, November, December, January, February, March, April

Local tips

Wannasurf's advice: speak a little Spanish and follow the usual rules on the peak and you will be fine.

Getting there

From San Fernando follow signs to Camposoto; there are car parks and boardwalks through the dunes.

Travel notes

How often it works
Regular in winter with a west or south-west swell; flat for most of summer.
Crowd and vibe
Few surfers, even at weekends. Mostly friendly, with the odd grumpy local.
Camping and vans
No campsite is listed in San Fernando in the directories we checked.
Facilities
Summer beach bars, toilets and lifeguards; few services in winter.
Water quality
Both monitored points at Camposoto were rated excellent in the EU bathing-water assessment (EEA data from Náyade) for the last three seasons.

Ideal conditions

Swell
SW–W best, SSW–WNW works
Size
1.1–1.7 m offshore swell; starts at 0.9 m, holds to 2.5 m
Period
8 s minimum, best from 11 s
Wind
Offshore NNE–E; handles onshore up to 10 km/h
Tide
mid best
Faces
WSW (245°)

Live cam

No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.

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