Surf spots and live cams in Bizkaia

• Mendexa – Karraspio Lekeitio · Beginner · Beach break
  Karraspio is a sandy beach in Mendexa, across the river from Lekeitio, with San Nicolás island just offshore.
• Ispaster – Ogella Ispaster · Advanced · Reef break
  Ogella, also written Ogeia, is a wild beach of about 450 m in Ispaster, near Lekeitio, below pine-covered cliffs of flysch.
• Ibarrangelu – Laga Ibarrangelu · Beginner · Beach break · 3 live cams
  Laga is a 570 m beach in Ibarrangelu, inside the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, facing Izaro island below the 279 m limestone cape of Ogoño.
• Ibarrangelu – Laida Ibarrangelu · Beginner · River mouth
  Laida is a beach of almost half a kilometre in Ibarrangelu, at the mouth of the Oka estuary, right across the water from Mundaka.
• Mundaka Expert · River mouth
  Mundaka is a left-hand rivermouth wave at the mouth of the Oka estuary, inside the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve.
• Isla de Izaro Bermeo · Expert · Reef break
  Izaro island lies offshore between Bermeo and Mundaka, inside the Urdaibai reserve, and on rare days it has one of the most extreme waves in the Basque Country.
• Bakio Beginner · Beach break
  Bakio is a town beach of about one kilometre, the longest in Bizkaia, open to the sea and one of the places where Basque surfing grew up.
• Lemoiz – La Central Lemoiz · Expert · Reef break
  La Central breaks in Basordas cove, in front of the abandoned Lemoiz nuclear power plant on the cliffs between Bakio and Armintza.
• Plentzia – Gorliz Plentzia · Beginner · Beach break
  Plentzia is a sheltered town beach next to Gorliz, at the mouth of the Plentzia estuary.
• Barrika Intermediate · Reef break
  Barrika is a wild 600 m beach about 25 km from Bilbao, below tall cliffs of folded flysch rock.
• Sopela – Meñakoz Sopela · Expert · Reef break
  Meñakoz is a cobble and boulder cove below high cliffs on the boundary of Sopela and Barrika.
• Sopela – El Sitio Sopela · Intermediate · Point break
  El Sitio is a left that peels over flat rock shelves at the northern end of the Sopela beaches, working mainly at low tide.
• Sopela – Arrietara / Atxabiribil Sopela · Beginner · Beach break · 3 live cams
  Arrietara and Atxabiribil in Sopela form one continuous beach below flysch cliffs, separated only by their access points.
• Sopela – La Salvaje (Barinatxe) Sopela · Intermediate · Beach break
  Barinatxe, better known as La Salvaje, lies between Sopela and Getxo below flysch cliffs.
• Getxo – Azkorri (Gorrondatxe) Getxo · Intermediate · Beach break
  Azkorri, also called Gorrondatxe, is a beach of dark sand in Getxo, near Berango, below cliffs and protected dunes.
• Getxo – Punta Galea Getxo · Expert · Reef break
  Punta Galea is a big-wave right below the cliffs of the cape between Getxo and Sopela, at the mouth of the Bilbao estuary.
• Getxo – Arrigunaga Getxo · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams
  Arrigunaga is a 600 m beach of sand and stones in Algorta, Getxo, at the mouth of the Bilbao estuary below the La Galea cliffs.
• Getxo – Jefrys Getxo · Advanced · Reef break
  Jefrys, also written Jefris, is a right that breaks off the Algorta shore on the inner side of the Bilbao estuary mouth, near the Puerto Viejo.
• Getxo – Ereaga Getxo · Beginner · Beach break
  Ereaga is an 800 m city beach in Getxo, tucked inside the Abra bay between the Puerto Viejo of Algorta and the Arriluze breakwater.
• Muskiz – La Arena Muskiz · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams
  La Arena is a beach of about 960 m between Muskiz and Zierbena, one of the main surf beaches on the western Bizkaia coast.

Bizkaia in the guides

• Surfing in January
  Mundaka is at its most consistent in winter, and the cliffs of Sopela and Getxo hide big-wave reefs like Meñakoz and Punta Galea. Basque tourism names October to February as the big-wave season.
• Surfing in February
  Mundaka is still in season, and the Sopela coast gives everything from big-wave reefs to friendly beaches.
• Surfing in July
  July is peak holiday time across Europe. The water is warm in the south, the beaches are lively and the waves are usually small and friendly, which makes it a great month to learn, and a tricky one to find space.
• Surfing in August
  August has the warmest sea of the year almost everywhere in Europe, and the busiest beaches. Waves are mostly small, but late in the month the first autumn swells start to show, and Galicia hosts the Pantín Classic.
• Surfing in September
  The holiday crowds leave, the sea is close to its warmest and autumn swells start to roll in, from Hossegor and Ericeira to Cornwall, Bundoran and Thurso: September is the month many locals wait for all year.
• Surfing in October
  October is many surfers' favourite month in Europe: real groundswell, water that still holds its summer warmth, and beaches that empty out after the holidays. The reefs of Portugal, Ireland and Scotland start their season too.
• Surfing in November
  Mundaka and the reefs below the Sopela cliffs start to work in earnest; on the biggest days the sheltered beaches inside the Bilbao estuary come alive.
• Surfing in December
  Mundaka and the big-wave reefs of Sopela and Getxo are in season; on huge days the estuary beaches give a softer alternative.
• Basque coast road trip
  Mundaka's world-famous left, the wild beach at Laga, Bakio below Gaztelugatxe and the cliffs and reefs of Sopela.
• Uncrowded winter waves
  Winter brings the best swells of the year, but the famous spots get crowded whenever they break. These are quieter beaches and breaks across Europe: Scotland's north coast and islands, the west of Ireland, Portugal's Alentejo, the Azores, Norway and Denmark, plus empty corners of Normandy, the Médoc and north Spain.
• Big waves and expert spots
  Mundaka's left, plus the big-wave reefs of Meñakoz and Punta Galea near Bilbao.