Local legend
The Bubble, Fuerteventura
El Hierro, Majanicho, Canary Islands, Spain28.742, -13.952Reef break · faces NNW (330°)
Spot guide
The Bubble, Fuerteventura is an NNW-facing reef break in El Hierro, Majanicho, Canary Islands, Spain. It picks up swell from SW and W to NW and NNW to NNE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 46% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SSE: light winds or SSE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NNW onshores chop it up.
Rare slot: a gap beside Tenerife lets in swell from 251° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 264 km out. How slot swells work
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- NNW (330°)
- Best swell
- WNW to NNE (290°–20°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- ESE to SSW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SW (215.5° to 233°); W to NW (272.5° to 305.5°); NNW to NNE (336.5° to 25.5°)
- Rare slot
- gap beside Tenerife, 251° WSW
- Offshore wind
- SSE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet