Ferrolterra · Spain
Surfing Doniños
A beach break in Ferrolterra, Spain, for beginner and intermediate surfers.
Doniños is a long beach near Ferrol, with a freshwater lagoon behind it that's a nature reserve full of birds. It's a beach break, usually best at low tide on a west-north-west swell with an east wind.
It's a bit gentler than Pantín up the coast, so it suits improvers, and on smaller days it's a good alternative when Pantín is too heavy.
It's one of the easier beaches around Ferrol, with surf schools in summer. Autumn and winter bring more swell. Ferrol is about fifteen minutes away, and Pantín and Valdoviño are a short drive north.
When to surf
Doniños
Doniños is at its best from year-round. Conditions it likes: WNW swell, E offshore wind, low tide.
September to April: Prime
Wide-open Atlantic swell window, consistent and powerful
May to June: Good
Milder weather, still decent swell
July to August: Quiet
Smaller swell, busiest with Spanish domestic tourism
The year across Galicia
Waves near Doniños
A Frouxeira (Valdoviño)
18 kmFerrolterra · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate
Pantín
22 kmFerrolterra · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Razo
37 kmCosta da Morte · Beach Break · Intermediate / Advanced
Straight-line distances. By road it is usually further.
Getting there
Where to stay: Valdoviño is the surf hub, with a campsite, rural houses and apartments near Pantín and A Frouxeira. Ferrol, twenty minutes away, has the hotels and the restaurants, and Doniños beach is close to the city. In late August and early September, during the Pantín surf contest, rooms fill up.
Transport, costs, where to stay and the rest of the waves in the area are in the Ferrolterra guide.
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