Surf report for Peñarrubia

How Peñarrubia works

A rock-bottom beach at the foot of the cliff, east of Gijón. It has a long, forgiving left, ideal for learning and for longboarding, and a considerably more radical right. It is fussy about the tide — it only works from mid tide down — and it makes the most of long periods.

Type of wave

Rock bottom at the foot of the cliff, with a left and a right

Workable size

0.8–1.5 m on the San Lorenzo scale

Swell that works

WNW–NNW (287°–346°)

Period

9 s minimum; the good session is between 11 and 14 s

Ideal wind

From E to SW (102°–225°); it holds strong southerlies

Best tide

Only from mid tide down; at high tide it does not work

Level

The left is one of the easiest around to learn on and to longboard; the right asks for a bit more

Full surf guide to Peñarrubia →

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 Peñarrubia 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 Peñarrubia

What is the best tide to surf at Peñarrubia?

Only from mid tide down; at high tide it does not work. 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 Peñarrubia?

Its offshore wind comes from From E to SW (102°–225°); it holds strong southerlies. 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 Peñarrubia good for beginners?

The left is one of the easiest around to learn on and to longboard; the right asks for a bit more.

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 Peñarrubia, trained on ratings of real sessions at this beach.