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Meron 75.5

#1829 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Cantabria · near Santander

Works almost every day, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Meron, Spain
Photo: Carlos Ramón Bonilla… · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score75.5 /100
Surfable days90% of the year
Clean days30% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell48% period 11 s+
Typical size1.3 m 4.2 ft median
Water16°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Meron

The best time to surf Meron is February, March, December. The season runs Feb to Mar. In February the water sits around 12°C, so pack a 5/4 with boots and hood, and the typical wave is 2.1 m. The nearest airport is BIO (120 km) and the nearest town is Santander (47 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan93%36%1.8 m13°C4/3
Feb99%57%2.1 m12°C5/4
Mar97%51%1.8 m13°C5/4
Apr94%35%1.2 m14°C4/3
May87%19%1.1 m16°C4/3
Jun85%11%0.9 m19°C3/2
Jul75%6%0.8 m21°C2mm
Aug91%8%0.9 m22°C2mm
Sep87%22%1.1 m20°C2mm
Oct92%35%1.4 m18°C3/2
Nov96%41%1.9 m16°C3/2
Dec86%44%1.7 m14°C4/3

What is under Meron

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 44 m.

Depth 8 km out44 m
Depth 4 km out35 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 75.5

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%
18.5
Best days 22.4%
14.6
Clean days 18.4%
13.7
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
1.5
Access 4.1%
2.8

The detail

Faces 350° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 62% of days. Mean peak period 11.0 s. Days over 3 m: 7%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.6 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 44%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 43.391, -4.381 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

40 homes for sale within 30 km of Meron, 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 · 95 m² · 3 roomsTorrelavega 27 km from the spot →€29,000Flat · 95 m² · 2 roomsHerrerías11 km from the spot →€35,000Semi-detached · 42 m²Valdáliga13 km from the spot →€36,000Home · 73 m²Herrerías12 km from the spot →€50,000Home · 204 m² · 1 roomValdáliga8 km from the spot →€56,000Home · 60 m²Herrerías14 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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