Is Fig Tree good for beginners?

Fig Tree is rated Beginner: the median wave is 0.3 m and 26% of days are mellow (0.4 to 1.2 m).

How warm is the water at Fig Tree?

The yearly mean sea temperature is 23°C, so most of the year you want a rash vest or 2 mm.

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Fig Tree 27.8

#5409 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇨🇾 Cyprus · Famagusta · near Famagusta

Needs the right swell, wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

Beginner

Photo: Georgy Papantoniou · CC BY 3.0 · source

Surf score27.8 /100

Surfable days16% of the year

Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind

Groundswell0% period 11 s+

Typical size0.3 m 0.9 ft median

Water23°C a rash vest or 2 mm

Best time to surf Fig Tree

It rarely works. The nearest airport is LAK (68 km) and the nearest town is Famagusta (16 km).

Month	Surfable	Clean	Size	Water	Suit
Jan	49%	0%	0.6 m	19°C	3/2
Feb	36%	0%	0.4 m	18°C	3/2
Mar	24%	0%	0.4 m	18°C	3/2
Apr	8%	0%	0.2 m	18°C	3/2
May	6%	0%	0.2 m	21°C	2mm
Jun	0%	0%	0.2 m	25°C	vest
Jul	1%	0%	0.2 m	28°C	boardies
Aug	1%	0%	0.2 m	29°C	boardies
Sep	1%	0%	0.2 m	28°C	boardies
Oct	6%	0%	0.2 m	26°C	boardies
Nov	26%	0%	0.4 m	24°C	vest
Dec	38%	0%	0.5 m	21°C	2mm

What is under Fig Tree

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 30 m.

Depth 8 km out30 m

Depth 4 km out28 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 27.8

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%

14.9

Best days 22.4%

0.0

Clean days 18.4%

0.0

Consistency 10.2%

1.1

Season spread 4.1%

0.0

Water comfort 6.1%

4.3

Access 4.1%

3.7

The detail

Faces 60° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 73% of days. Mean peak period 4.3 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 0.8 m, with a peak period of 6 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 26%. Months that work: 0 of 12. Coordinates 35.013, 34.059 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here

€1,420/ month

typically €1,250 – €1,590

Rent, one bedroom€750

Groceries€300

Eating out€170

Getting around€100

Phone + internet€105

Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.

One month here

€2,780/ month

typically €2,450 – €3,110

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 Cyprus (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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