La Caleta

La Caleta is an SW-facing beach break in Costa Adeje, Canary Islands, Spain. It picks up swell from S to WSW and NW to NNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 58% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a gap beside El Hierro lets in swell from 259° (W) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 114 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: a Canary Islands gap lets in swell from 291.8° (WNW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 110 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (229°)

Best swell

S to WSW (189°–248°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to WSW (176° to 248°); NW to NNW (312.5° to 335°)

Rare slot

gap beside El Hierro, 259° W

Rare slot

Canary Islands gap, 291.8° WNW

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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