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San Xurxo (San Jorge) 76.9

#1637 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · La Coruña · near La Coruña

Works almost every day, no off season, real size comes through.

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San Xurxo (San Jorge), Spain
Photo: Triedros · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score76.9 /100
Surfable days92% of the year
Clean days24% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell45% period 11 s+
Typical size1.9 m 6.1 ft median
Water16°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf San Xurxo (San Jorge)

The best time to surf San Xurxo (San Jorge) is February, April, December. The season runs Feb to Feb. In February the water sits around 13°C, so pack a 5/4 with boots and hood, and the typical wave is 3.0 m. The nearest airport is OPO (258 km) and the nearest town is La Coruña (25 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan84%35%2.5 m13°C4/3
Feb86%41%3.0 m13°C5/4
Mar90%34%2.5 m13°C5/4
Apr97%37%1.8 m14°C4/3
May98%12%1.5 m16°C4/3
Jun98%7%1.3 m18°C3/2
Jul93%6%1.1 m20°C2mm
Aug99%6%1.3 m20°C2mm
Sep98%29%1.5 m20°C2mm
Oct97%32%2.1 m18°C3/2
Nov81%17%2.9 m16°C4/3
Dec81%36%2.8 m14°C4/3

What is under San Xurxo (San Jorge)

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 84 m, shoaling steadily over the last kilometres.

Depth 8 km out84 m
Depth 4 km out42 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 76.9

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%
18.2
Best days 22.4%
19.7
Clean days 18.4%
11.1
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
1.4
Access 4.1%
1.8

The detail

Faces 323° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 54% of days. Mean peak period 11.1 s. Days over 3 m: 20%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.7 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 21%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 43.536, -8.296 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

64 homes for sale within 30 km of San Xurxo (San Jorge), up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €15,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Fotocasa and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€15,000Home · 170 m² · 4 roomsCedeira29 km from the spot →€24,000Flat · 50 m²Ferrol8 km from the spot →€35,000Semi-detached · 120 m²Ferrol6 km from the spot →€45,000Flat · 102 m² · 4 roomsFerrol7 km from the spot →€48,000Semi-detached · 146 m²Ferrol5 km from the spot →€53,000Home · 327 m² · 3 roomsFerrol6 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,210/ month
typically €1,060 – €1,350
Rent, one bedroom€633
Groceries€255
Eating out€144
Getting around€85
Phone + internet€89
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,350/ month
typically €2,070 – €2,640
Somewhere to stay€1,390
Eating out€497
Car, transfers, fuel€319
Data + extras€153
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below 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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