Surf report for Rodiles
About surfing at Rodiles when it works, how to read the report and common questions
How Rodiles works
The wave at the mouth of the Villaviciosa estuary, a quality rivermouth. It is a narrow-window beach: it needs a north-west swell, a long period and a mid-to-high tide to coincide. When everything lines up, it is something else.
- Type of wave
- Rivermouth at the mouth of the Villaviciosa estuary
- Workable size
- 0.8–1.6 m on the San Lorenzo scale, depending on the period
- Swell that works
- WNW–N (289°–359°), best from 301° to 348°
- Period
- 10 s minimum with 1 m of swell; the good range is 12 to 15 s
- Ideal wind
- From ESE to S (106°–186°); it handles westerly cross-shores well
- Best tide
- From mid to high and from high to mid; avoid low tide
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 Rodiles 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 Rodiles
What is the best tide to surf at Rodiles?
From mid to high and from high to mid; avoid low 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 Rodiles?
Its offshore wind comes from From ESE to S (106°–186°); it handles westerly cross-shores well. 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 Rodiles good for beginners?
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 Rodiles, trained on ratings of real sessions at this beach.