Surf report for Ribadesella
About surfing at Ribadesella when it works, how to read the report and common questions
How Ribadesella works
Santa Marina beach, in the town of Ribadesella, next to the mouth of the Sella. It is very sheltered from the wind and asks for a fairly specific swell, but when that swell arrives it holds sizes that already close out elsewhere.
- Type of wave
- Sheltered beach break, next to the mouth of the Sella
- Workable size
- Its range is with San Lorenzo between 0.8 and 1.9 m
- Swell that works
- Only between 324° and 10° (tight NW, N and NNE)
- Period
- 8 s minimum; full from 13 s
- Ideal wind
- Very sheltered; only northerlies spoil it
- Best tide
- Works on any tide
- Level
- At 0.8 m it is a beginner beach; from 0.9–1.0 m it asks for some level
Full surf guide to Ribadesella →
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 Ribadesella 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 Ribadesella
What is the best tide to surf at Ribadesella?
Works on any tide. 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 Ribadesella?
Its offshore wind comes from Very sheltered; only northerlies spoil it. 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 Ribadesella good for beginners?
At 0.8 m it is a beginner beach; from 0.9–1.0 m it asks for some level.
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 Ribadesella, trained on ratings of real sessions at this beach.