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Aiguadolc 30.2

#5308 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Barcelona · near Barcelona

Wind is the enemy here, peaks in January, gentle enough to learn.

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Aiguadolc, Spain
Photo: Robot8A · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score30.2 /100
Surfable days54% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.6 m 2.1 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Aiguadolc

The best time to surf Aiguadolc is January. It rarely works. In January the water sits around 14°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 0.8 m. The nearest airport is BCN (22 km) and the nearest town is Barcelona (34 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan66%1%0.8 m14°C4/3
Feb55%0%0.7 m13°C4/3
Mar75%0%0.9 m14°C4/3
Apr67%0%0.7 m16°C4/3
May48%0%0.6 m19°C3/2
Jun36%0%0.5 m24°Cvest
Jul25%0%0.5 m27°Cboardies
Aug32%0%0.5 m28°Cboardies
Sep47%0%0.6 m25°Cboardies
Oct66%0%0.7 m23°Cvest
Nov79%0%0.9 m19°C3/2
Dec54%0%0.7 m16°C4/3

What is under Aiguadolc

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 48 m.

Depth 8 km out48 m
Depth 4 km out39 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 30.2

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
6.0
Best days 22.4%
5.2
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
6.1
Season spread 4.1%
2.2
Water comfort 6.1%
2.9
Access 4.1%
3.7

The detail

Faces 170° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 88% of days. Mean peak period 5.1 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.4 m, with a peak period of 7 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 63%. Months that work: 7 of 12. Coordinates 41.234, 1.829 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

13 homes for sale within 30 km of Aiguadolc, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €24,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Fotocasa and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€24,000Home · 265 m² · 2 roomsLa Granada18 km from the spot →€24,000Home · 299 m² · 4 roomsLa Granada18 km from the spot →€50,000Flat · 48 m²El Vendrell26 km from the spot →€53,000Flat · 75 m² · 3 roomsL'Arboç20 km from the spot →€53,999Flat · 59 m² · 2 roomsBellvei22 km from the spot →€56,000Flat · 70 m² · 3 roomsVilanova i la Geltrú8 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,420/ month
typically €1,250 – €1,590
Rent, one bedroom€745
Groceries€300
Eating out€170
Getting around€100
Phone + internet€105
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,770/ month
typically €2,440 – €3,100
Somewhere to stay€1,640
Eating out€585
Car, transfers, fuel€375
Data + extras€180
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Spain (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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