Ferrolterra · Spain
Surfing Pantín
A beach break in Ferrolterra, Spain, for beginner, intermediate and advanced surfers.
Pantín is the best-known surf beach in Galicia and home of the Pantín Classic, a contest held here every year since the 1980s. It's a wide, open beach break facing the North Atlantic, with punchy peaks that work across a wide range of sizes.
It's more consistent than most of the sheltered Galician beaches, and there's a strong local scene, but by the standards of the bigger European surf towns it's rarely crowded.
It works on most north-west swells and is usually best around low tide with a south-easterly wind. The water is cold all year, and many local surfers wear a 4/3 even in summer.
Valdoviño, the nearest town, has a campsite, surf schools and rural houses, and Ferrol is about twenty minutes away. In late summer, during the Pantín Classic, the beach and the town get busy. The rest of the year the line-up is relaxed, and if Pantín is too big, A Frouxeira and Doniños are close by.
When to surf
Pantín
Pantín is at its best from year-round. Conditions it likes: NW swell, SE 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 Pantín
A Frouxeira (Valdoviño)
4 kmFerrolterra · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate
Doniños
22 kmFerrolterra · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate
Razo
59 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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