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Harmani 35.5

#5052 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Burgas · near Burgas

Wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

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Harmani, Bulgaria
Photo: kuchin ster · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score35.5 /100
Surfable days64% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.8 m 2.5 ft median
Water16°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Harmani

It rarely works. The nearest airport is BOJ (23 km) and the nearest town is Burgas (22 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan77%0%1.0 m9°C6/5
Feb74%0%1.1 m6°C6/5
Mar75%0%0.9 m7°C6/5
Apr47%0%0.6 m11°C5/4
May38%0%0.5 m15°C4/3
Jun42%0%0.6 m22°Cvest
Jul48%0%0.6 m25°Cboardies
Aug72%0%0.8 m25°Cboardies
Sep76%0%0.9 m24°Cvest
Oct63%0%0.8 m19°C2mm
Nov77%0%1.0 m16°C3/2
Dec79%0%1.0 m13°C5/4

What is under Harmani

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 64 m.

Depth 8 km out64 m
Depth 4 km out46 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 35.5

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%
7.8
Best days 22.4%
7.7
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
7.4
Season spread 4.1%
2.6
Water comfort 6.1%
1.3
Access 4.1%
3.9

The detail

Faces 35° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 53% of days. Mean peak period 5.1 s. Days over 3 m: 1%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.8 m, with a peak period of 7 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 58%. Months that work: 8 of 12. Coordinates 42.416, 27.701 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€640/ month
typically €563 – €717
Rent, one bedroom€340
Groceries€135
Eating out€75
Getting around€45
Phone + internet€50
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€1,260/ month
typically €1,110 – €1,410
Somewhere to stay€740
Eating out€265
Car, transfers, fuel€170
Data + extras€80
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Bulgaria (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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