El Masnou Surf Guide

El Masnou in Catalunia is an exposed sandbar break. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. There is too little fetch for groundswells to form and the ideal wave direction is from the east southeast. The sandbar breaks are all lefts. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Take special care here if it gets very crowded.

El Masnou Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar2rarely breaks
17.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing El Masnou:

The best conditions reported for surf at El Masnou occur when a East-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

Explore El Masnou Location Map

Interactive El Masnou surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to El Masnou is Barcelona Airport (BCN) in Spain, 28 km (17 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to El Masnou is Girona (Gerona) Airport (GRO), also in Spain, 60 km (37 miles) away.

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El Masnou Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 07:14 Local Time
Wednesday 06
5AM8AM11AM2PM
Wave (m)
0.5
E
0.3
SE
0.6
E
0.4
SE
Period (s) 5 5 4 4
Wind (km/h)
5
0
10
20
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Swell History at El Masnou

Surf stats for El Masnou, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

Wind History at El Masnou

Wind stats for El Masnou, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.


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