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Paguera -Tora- 29.5

#5343 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Baleares · near Palma

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

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Paguera -Tora-, Spain
Photo: hh oldman · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score29.5 /100
Surfable days36% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.5 m 1.5 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Paguera -Tora-

It rarely works. The nearest airport is PMI (24 km) and the nearest town is Palma (18 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan60%0%0.7 m15°C4/3
Feb40%0%0.5 m14°C4/3
Mar52%0%0.6 m15°C4/3
Apr42%0%0.5 m16°C3/2
May29%0%0.4 m20°C2mm
Jun22%0%0.3 m24°Cvest
Jul8%0%0.3 m28°Cboardies
Aug10%0%0.3 m28°Cboardies
Sep21%0%0.4 m26°Cboardies
Oct34%0%0.5 m23°Cvest
Nov63%0%0.8 m20°C2mm
Dec54%0%0.7 m16°C3/2

What is under Paguera -Tora-

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 41 m.

Depth 8 km out41 m
Depth 4 km out31 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 29.5

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%
8.0
Best days 22.4%
5.5
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
3.7
Season spread 4.1%
1.1
Water comfort 6.1%
3.3
Access 4.1%
4.0

The detail

Faces 217° with 22% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 68% of days. Mean peak period 5.4 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): 42%. Months that work: 4 of 12. Coordinates 39.535, 2.456 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,530/ month
typically €1,350 – €1,720
Rent, one bedroom€805
Groceries€324
Eating out€184
Getting around€108
Phone + internet€113
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,990/ month
typically €2,630 – €3,350
Somewhere to stay€1,770
Eating out€632
Car, transfers, fuel€405
Data + extras€194
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 8% above the country average. 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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