Lanzarote

Lanzarote is an NW-facing reef break in Isla de la Graciosa, 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 38% 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 between Lanzarote and Gran Canaria lets in swell from 228.8° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 236 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: a gap between Gran Canaria and Tenerife lets in swell from 243.2° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 320 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: a gap between Tenerife and La Palma lets in swell from 257° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 426 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Reef

Faces

NW (307°)

Best swell

W to WNW (265°–294°) or NNW to N (329°–358°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

E to S offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

W to WNW (265.5° to 290°); WNW to NW (295° to 319°); NNW to NE (329.5° to 46.5°)

Rare slot

gap between Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, 228.8° SW

Rare slot

gap between Gran Canaria and Tenerife, 243.2° WSW

Rare slot

gap between Tenerife and La Palma, 257° WSW

Offshore wind

SE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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