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Surf Break: Playa de Sardinero

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Surf Break: Playa de Sardinero

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Surf Break: Playa de Sardinero

Playa de Sardinero in Cantabria is a very sheltered beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Autumn and winter are the favoured times of year for waves. Offshore winds blow from the southwest with some shelter here from west winds. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's often crowded here. Take special care here if it gets very crowded.

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Overall Playa de Sardinero Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Playa de Sardinero surf quality by season and Playa de Sardinero surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Spain - Cantabria surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Playa de Sardinero

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Playa de Sardinero:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Playa de Somo	2 mi
Second closest break	Playa de Langre	4 mi
Third closest break	Playa de Arenillas	5 mi
Fourth closest break	Playa de Galizano	5 mi
Fifth closest break	Ajo (Playa de Cuberris)	8 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Playa de Sardinero:
Closest wave buoy	Gascogne Buoy	134 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Brittany Buoy	360 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Lion Buoy	441 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	446 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	470 mi
Tide stations nearest to Playa de Sardinero:
Closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands	403 mi
Second closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - READ flaterco	403 mi
Third closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	461 mi
Fourth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England - READ flaterc	461 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Newlyn, England	466 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Playa de Sardinero:
Closest ski area	Lunada (Spain)	22 mi
Second closest ski area	Alto Campoo (Spain)	43 mi
Third closest ski area	Picos De Europa (Spain)	65 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Fuentes de Invierno (Spain)	86 mi
Fifth closest ski area	San-Isidro (Spain)	86 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Playa de Sardinero:
Closest city location	El Astillero (Spain)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Santa Cruz de Bezana (Spain)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Santander (Spain)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Camargo (Spain)	8 mi
Fifth closest city location	Penagos (Spain)	9 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Playa de Sardinero is Santander Airport (SDR) in Spain, 6 km (4 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Playa de Sardinero is Bilbao Airport (BIO), also in Spain, 73 km (45 miles) away.
• Third is Vitoria Airport (VIT) in Spain, 108 km (67 miles) away.
• San Sebastian Airport (EAS) in Spain is 162 km (101 miles) away.
• Asturias (Aviles) Airport (OVD), also in Spain is the fifth nearest airport to Playa de Sardinero and is 182 km (113 miles) away.