Surf report for San Juan de Nieva
About surfing at San Juan de Nieva when it works, how to read the report and common questions
How San Juan de Nieva works
El extremo este del arenal de Salinas, ya en la bocana de la ría de Avilés. Recibe el mismo parte que Salinas pero le entra menos mar, así que pide algo más de tamaño para arrancar y, a cambio, aguanta mejor los días grandes. Sus fondos son estables, algo poco común por aquí.
- Type of wave
- Beach break junto a la bocana de la ría de Avilés
- Workable size
- 0,9–1,5 m en la escala de San Lorenzo; con nivel, de 1,1 a 1,3
- Swell that works
- WNW–NNW (286°–340°)
- Period
- Mínimo 8 s; pleno desde 12 s
- Ideal wind
- De E a SSE (83°–164°); el mejor, sobre los 128°
- Best tide
- Mejor en baja y en alta que a media marea
- Level
- En marea alta es una ola fácil para todo el mundo; en baja tiene más pared
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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 San Juan de Nieva 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 San Juan de Nieva
What is the best tide to surf at San Juan de Nieva?
Mejor en baja y en alta que a media marea. 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 San Juan de Nieva?
Its offshore wind comes from De E a SSE (83°–164°); el mejor, sobre los 128°. 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 San Juan de Nieva good for beginners?
En marea alta es una ola fácil para todo el mundo; en baja tiene más pared.
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 San Juan de Nieva, trained on ratings of real sessions at this beach.