World-class break
El Quemao
La Santa, Canary Islands, Spain29.111, -13.667Reef break · faces NW (324°)
Spot guide
El Quemao is an NW-facing reef break in La Santa, Canary Islands, Spain. It picks up swell from W to WNW and WNW to NW and NNW to NE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 41% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SE: light winds or SE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NW onshores chop it up.
Rare slot: a gap beside Tenerife lets in swell from 244.8° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 302 km out. How slot swells work
Rare slot: a gap between Tenerife and La Palma lets in swell from 258.8° (W) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 410 km out. How slot swells work
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- NW (324°)
- Best swell
- WNW to N (290°–360°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- E to S offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–12 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- W to WNW (267° to 298°); WNW to NW (299.5° to 321°); NNW to NE (332° to 44°)
- Rare slot
- gap beside Tenerife, 244.8° WSW
- Rare slot
- gap between Tenerife and La Palma, 258.8° W
- Offshore wind
- SE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet