La Guancha ratings

Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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La Guancha Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (Gran Canaria, Spain)

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Surf Break: La Guancha

Name: La Guancha
Type: reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: NNW Offshore Wind: S

La Guancha in Gran Canaria is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Ideal winds are from the south. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell direction is from the north northwest. A right hand reef break. Best around high tide when the tide is rising. Rarely crowded here. Watch out for rocks.

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Third closest break El Circo 4 mi
Fourth closest break El Paso 4 mi
Fifth closest break El Roque 5 mi

Wave buoys nearest to La Guancha:

Closest wave buoy Gascogne Buoy 1313 mi
Second closest wave buoy Brittany Buoy 1388 mi
Third closest wave buoy Lion Buoy 1494 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy K2 Buoy 1580 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy Sevenstones Buoy 1595 mi

Tide stations nearest to La Guancha:

Closest tide station St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England 1580 mi
Second closest tide station St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England - READ flaterc 1580 mi
Third closest tide station Newlyn, England 1605 mi
Fourth closest tide station Newlyn, England 1605 mi
Fifth closest tide station St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands 1619 mi

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Ski Resorts closest to La Guancha:

Closest ski area Oukaïmeden (Morocco) 511 mi
Second closest ski area Michlifen (Morocco) 723 mi
Third closest ski area Sierra Nevada (Spain) 943 mi
Fourth closest ski area Serra da Estrela (Portugal) 963 mi
Fifth closest ski area Sierra de Béjar-La Covatilla (Spain) 1009 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to La Guancha:

Closest city location Las Palmas (Canarias) (Spain) 14 mi
Second closest city location Tenerife-Sur (Spain) 42 mi
Third closest city location Santa Cruz De Tenerife (Spain) 42 mi
Fourth closest city location La Laguna (Spain) 47 mi
Fifth closest city location Tenerife-Norte (Spain) 47 mi
La Guancha break location map and break info
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