The North Track · Spain
Surfing Suicides
A reef in The North Track, Spain, for pro surfers.
Suicides is a shallow wave over a lava ledge on the North Track in Fuerteventura. Badly timed takeoffs get punished.
It can be very good when the tide and swell line up, but there's little room for mistakes. Only for experienced surfers, with reef boots, and ideally with someone who knows the spot.
On the same stretch of track, The Bubble and Majanicho are better known and a little more forgiving.
When to surf
Suicides
Suicides is at its best from October to March. Conditions it likes: Clean swell, low tide.
October to March: Prime
Biggest, most consistent NW swell from Atlantic storms
April to June: Good
Smaller swell, still warm and windy
July to August: Quiet
Strong trade winds, best for windsurfing over surfing
The year across Fuerteventura
Waves near Suicides
Spew Pits
1 kmThe North Track · Right Reef · Advanced / Pro
Majanicho
1 kmThe North Track · Right Reef · Advanced / Pro
Mejillones
2 kmThe North Track · Left & Right Reef · Advanced / Pro
Straight-line distances. By road it is usually further.
Getting there
Where to stay: Corralejo is the base for the North Track, with the most apartments, surf hostels, schools and restaurants on the island. El Cotillo, on the west side, is quieter and closer to the beaches and the lagoons. Lajares, inland between the two, is a small village popular with surfers who want something calmer.
Transport, costs, where to stay and the rest of the waves in the area are in the The North Track guide.
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