Surf report for Candás
About surfing at Candás when it works, how to read the report and common questions
How Candás works
The beach in Carreño that only wakes up with a storm. It needs a powerful swell, about 2 metres at least, and it has no ceiling: when the other beaches in the area close out, Candás starts to work. It also needs a north-west swell and a low-to-mid tide. Its season runs from October to March.
- Type of wave
- Storm beach: it only works with a big swell
- Workable size
- From about 2 m on the San Lorenzo scale (1.8–1.9 with 14 s); no upper limit
- Swell that works
- WNW–NW (297°–329°)
- Period
- Best from 12 to 14 s; a longer period does not hurt it
- Ideal wind
- Offshore from SW to W (204°–280°); other winds affect it little because it is quite sheltered
- Best tide
- Low to mid; never from mid upwards. On neap tides it loses a lot
- Level
- Above 2.9 m, take care if you are a beginner; and from mid to high tide the rocks along the shore are a danger for everyone
How to read this report
- Wave height. It is the real height at the beach, not the open-sea swell: each beach has its own factor, because the same swell does not break the same at Candás as at the beach next door.
- Period. The seconds between two waves. It is the most underrated number: at the same size, a long period brings waves with power and shape, a short one brings them messy.
- Wind. Always in knots. What matters is not the strength but the direction: blowing from land to sea (offshore) it grooms the wave, from sea to land it messes it up.
- Tide. In metres. Every beach has its good window, and outside it the same day can go from surfable to useless in two hours.
- AI score. A score from 0 to 5 given by a model trained on real ratings of sessions at this very beach — not a generic formula. When the day is bad it says so, which is the point.
Frequently asked questions about surfing at Candás
What is the best tide to surf at Candás?
Low to mid; never from mid upwards. On neap tides it loses a lot. The report above gives the tide height hour by hour for the next 8 days, so you can line your session up with the good window.
Which wind works at Candás?
Its offshore wind comes from Offshore from SW to W (204°–280°); other winds affect it little because it is quite sheltered. Every beach on this coast faces a different way, so the wind that ruins one can be exactly the good one somewhere else: if it does not help here, check the other beaches.
Is Candás good for beginners?
Above 2.9 m, take care if you are a beginner; and from mid to high tide the rocks along the shore are a danger for everyone.
Where does this data come from?
The conditions (waves, wind, period, tide and water temperature) come from Open-Meteo and are updated every hour. The quality score is computed by a model specific to Candás, trained on ratings of real sessions at this beach.