Mediterranean Spain

Mediterranean Spain surf travel guide

Costa Brava surfing and the busy metropolis of Barcelona are the hub of Eastern Spain's coast where hidden amongst thousands of kilometres of below average beachbreaks are a few stand-out spots, which local riders are tuned into like a radar beacon. In the Med, one minute it’s there and the next it’s gone, so surfers must be able to drop everything and go. Many spots are secretive so talk to the friendly locals and wait for an invitation. The Costa del Sol is the most unlikely of Med surfing coasts but does occasionally break on the rarer S and E winter swells. Murcia et Valenciana on the Costa Blanca can pick up NE swells but the Balearics block and cut the fetch a lot. Pockets of locals surf the Cartagena and Benidorm areas and probably mission to some reefs near the Cabos - de Palos and de la Nao. Jucar rivermouth is the name spot closer to Valencia, but it’s basically just more soft beachbreak. It’s then empty miles up to the Costa Brava. The quality of surf and quantity of surfers is surprising as NE/E swell brings waves right into the city and to a bunch of other breaks in the vicinity.