Surf spots and live cams in Galicia Norte

• Barreiros – Oliñas Barreiros · Intermediate · Beach break
  Oliñas is a sandy bay at San Miguel de Reinante in Barreiros, just east of the Foz estuary.
• Foz – Peizás Foz · Intermediate · Beach break
  Peizás is a short beach of sand and rock just west of Foz, 540 m long and framed by low cliffs and green slopes.
• Cangas de Foz – A Machacona Foz · Expert · Reef break
  A Machacona is a short, heavy right at Cangas de Foz, in front of a small headland near Burela.
• Burela – A Marosa Burela · Intermediate · Beach break
  A Marosa is a small cove beach of fine sand in Burela, 250 m long, west of the harbour.
• O Vicedo – San Román O Vicedo · Intermediate · Beach break
  San Román, also called Area Grande, is a beach of sand and rock in O Vicedo, tucked between cliffs on the western side of the Viveiro estuary.
• Mañón – Esteiro Mañón · Intermediate · Beach break
  Esteiro is a wild beach in Mañón, at the mouth of the O Barqueiro estuary and the foot of the Estaca de Bares peninsula.
• Ortigueira – Espasante (Santo Antón) Ortigueira · Beginner · Beach break
  Santo Antón is the beach of Espasante, a small fishing village near the mouth of the Ortigueira estuary.
• Valdoviño – Vilarrube Valdoviño · Intermediate · River mouth
  Vilarrube is a long, sheltered beach inside the Cedeira estuary, with 1.5 km of golden sand and dunes.
• Valdoviño – O Baleo (Figaredo) Valdoviño · Advanced · Beach break
  O Baleo is a 250 m cove of sand and rock just north-east of Pantín, shaped like a shell and closed in by cliffs inside a protected natural area.
• Valdoviño – Pantín Valdoviño · Beginner · Beach break · live cam
  Pantín, in Valdoviño, is one of the most famous surf beaches in Spain and home of the Pantín Classic.
• Valdoviño – A Frouxeira Valdoviño · Beginner · Beach break · live cam
  A Frouxeira is a 3 km beach of white sand in Valdoviño.
• Valdoviño – Campelo Valdoviño · Intermediate · Beach break
  Campelo is a small sand cove south of Valdoviño, framed by cliffs that shelter it from the wind.
• Ferrol – Ponzos Ferrol · Intermediate · Beach break
  Ponzos is a short, powerful beach in the Covas parish of Ferrol, in a protected rural setting with excellent water.
• Ferrol – Santa Comba Ferrol · Intermediate · Beach break
  Santa Comba is a straight, 1.4 km sand beach below cliffs north of Ferrol, inside a protected dune area.
• Ferrol – Esmelle Ferrol · Beginner · Beach break
  Esmelle is a west-facing beach north of Ferrol, between San Xurxo and A Fragata, backed by dunes in a protected area.
• Ferrol – San Xurxo Ferrol · Intermediate · Beach break
  San Xurxo is one of Ferrol's reference beaches: sand and rock among dunes and cliffs north of the city, in a protected natural area.
• Ferrol – Doniños Ferrol · Beginner · Beach break
  Doniños is a nearly 2 km sand beach west of Ferrol, backed by dunes, pine forest and the Doniños lagoon.
• Oleiros – Bastiagueiro Oleiros · Beginner · Beach break
  Bastiagueiro is a sheltered beach in Oleiros, about 10 minutes from A Coruña, tucked inside the ría.
• A Coruña – Orzán A Coruña · Beginner · Beach break · live cam
  Orzán is A Coruña's city-centre beach and the heart of urban surfing in Galicia.
• A Coruña – O Matadoiro A Coruña · Advanced · Reef break · live cam
  O Matadoiro, also called Bajo del Matadero, is a long, consistent right over a shallow reef at the north-eastern corner of the Orzán–Riazor bay in A Coruña…
• Arteixo – Sabón Arteixo · Beginner · Beach break
  Sabón is a long beach in Arteixo, just west of A Coruña, next to the outer port and the Sabón industrial estate.
• Arteixo – Valcovo Arteixo · Intermediate · Beach break
  Valcovo, also called Area Grande, is a short, semi-urban beach of about 250 m in Arteixo, on the road to Caión.
• Arteixo – Barrañán Arteixo · Intermediate · Beach break
  Barrañán is a wild 1.2 km sand beach in Arteixo, in a protected dune system about 15 km from A Coruña.
• A Laracha – Caión (Salseiras) A Laracha · Beginner · Beach break
  Salseiras is the 800 m beach beside the old whaling village of Caión, on the Costa da Morte.
• Carballo – Baldaio Carballo · Beginner · Beach break
  Baldaio is a wild beach of sand and rock in Carballo, almost 4 km long.
• Carballo – Razo Carballo · Beginner · Beach break
  Razo is a big, very exposed beach in Carballo, at the gateway to the Costa da Morte and inside the Razo–Baldaio protected area.
• Carballo – As Torradas (Aviño) Carballo · Intermediate · Beach break
  As Torradas, at Aviño in Carballo, is the wild western end of the Razo coast.
• Malpica – Area Maior Malpica de Bergantiños · Beginner · Beach break
  Area Maior is the town beach of the fishing village of Malpica.
• Malpica – Seaia Malpica de Bergantiños · Intermediate · Beach break
  Seaia is a small, sheltered cove of sand and rock just west of Malpica, 250 m long, in a Natura 2000 area of dunes and green cliffs.
• Laxe – Soesto Laxe · Beginner · Beach break
  Soesto is a wild, 850 m beach of fine white sand near Laxe, in a protected natural setting with no village nearby.
• Laxe – Traba Laxe · Beginner · Beach break
  Traba is a wild beach in Laxe, almost 3 km long, in front of the lagoon and dunes of the protected Traba natural area.
• Muxía – Nemiña Muxía · Intermediate · Beach break
  Nemiña, in Muxía, sits where the Lires estuary meets the sea and is one of the best-known wave beaches on the Costa da Morte.
• Fisterra – O Rostro Fisterra · Intermediate · Beach break
  O Rostro is a wild beach north of Fisterra: almost 2 km of sand below cliffs and dunes, open to the west and part of the Natura 2000 network.

Galicia Norte in the guides

• Surfing in April
  April brings long, light evenings and steady spring swells to coasts that are only starting to wake up, from Cornwall and Ireland to Portugal and the Basque Country. The water is still cold, but the season of easy road trips has begun.
• Surfing in May
  Doniños and Razo are at their best in spring and summer, and the line-ups are almost empty compared with France.
• Surfing in June
  Galician tourism says Pantín has waves all year round, Doniños is at its best in spring and summer, and Nemiña is sheltered from the north-easterlies.
• Surfing in July
  More space, cooler water and beaches that face the open Atlantic. Nemiña hides from the summer north-easterlies.
• Surfing in August
  Pantín has hosted the Pantín Classic at the end of August, and the Ferrol coast has beaches for every level.
• Surfing in September
  Pantín hosts its pro contest at the turn of August and September, and the Ferrol and Costa da Morte beaches are wide open once Spanish holidays end.
• Surfing in October
  Pantín and the beaches around Ferrol pick up every north-west swell. Surf forecasters rate October as Pantín's best month, and the crowds are tiny compared with France.
• Asturias and Galicia road trip
  The Ferrol coast, home of the Pantín Classic, the city waves of A Coruña and the exposed beaches of the Costa da Morte.
• Uncrowded winter waves
  The Ferrol coast has many exposed beaches and very few surfers in winter.