San Bartolomé de Tirajana

San Bartolomé de Tirajana is an S-facing beach break in las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It picks up swell from S to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 62% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a gap beside El Hierro lets in swell from 278.5° (W) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 228 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

S (177°)

Best swell

S to SW (189°–218°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NW to NE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to W (189° to 269°)

Rare slot

gap beside El Hierro, 278.5° W

Offshore wind

N

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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