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Conil 55.5

#3594 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Cádiz · near Cádiz

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearBeginner friendlyBeginner
Conil, Spain
Photo: Susana De La Llave · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score55.5 /100
Surfable days81% of the year
Clean days17% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell25% period 11 s+
Typical size0.9 m 3.0 ft median
Water18°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Conil

The best time to surf Conil is March, November, December. It rarely works. In March the water sits around 15°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 1.2 m. The nearest airport is TNG (64 km) and the nearest town is Cádiz (31 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan85%21%1.0 m16°C4/3
Feb94%25%1.1 m15°C4/3
Mar92%32%1.2 m15°C4/3
Apr94%18%1.1 m16°C3/2
May81%7%0.8 m18°C3/2
Jun77%1%0.8 m20°C2mm
Jul61%2%0.7 m22°C2mm
Aug48%2%0.6 m22°C2mm
Sep63%7%0.7 m20°C2mm
Oct80%17%0.9 m20°C2mm
Nov95%30%1.1 m19°C3/2
Dec96%28%1.2 m17°C3/2

What is under Conil

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 28 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 504 m against 28 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out28 m
Depth 4 km out12 m
Channel beside it504 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 55.5

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%
13.0
Best days 22.4%
8.4
Clean days 18.4%
7.5
Consistency 10.2%
9.6
Season spread 4.1%
3.7
Water comfort 6.1%
2.3
Access 4.1%
3.6

The detail

Faces 225° with 39% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 68% of days. Mean peak period 9.5 s. Days over 3 m: 1%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.6 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 70%. Months that work: 11 of 12. Coordinates 36.285, -6.105 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

12 homes for sale within 30 km of Conil, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €17,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Fotocasa and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€17,000Flat · 40 m² · 2 roomsBarbate13 km from the spot →€29,000Country house · 40 m² · 2 roomsChiclana de la Frontera16 km from the spot →€44,900Flat · 40 m² · 1 roomChiclana de la Frontera15 km from the spot →€50,000Home · 28 m² · 1 roomVejer de la Frontera13 km from the spot →€53,000Home · 44 m²Chiclana de la Frontera10 km from the spot →€58,000Home · 55 m² · 2 roomsChiclana de la Frontera13 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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