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Segur de Calafell 27.1

#5440 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Tarragona · near Tarragona

Wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

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Segur de Calafell, Spain
Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score27.1 /100
Surfable days42% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.5 m 1.8 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Segur de Calafell

It rarely works. The nearest airport is BCN (41 km) and the nearest town is Tarragona (31 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan52%0%0.6 m14°C4/3
Feb43%0%0.5 m13°C4/3
Mar66%0%0.8 m14°C4/3
Apr53%0%0.6 m16°C4/3
May35%0%0.5 m19°C3/2
Jun25%0%0.4 m24°Cvest
Jul12%0%0.5 m27°Cboardies
Aug21%0%0.4 m28°Cboardies
Sep36%0%0.5 m25°Cboardies
Oct49%0%0.6 m23°Cvest
Nov65%0%0.8 m19°C3/2
Dec41%0%0.5 m16°C4/3

What is under Segur de Calafell

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 29 m.

Depth 8 km out29 m
Depth 4 km out16 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 27.1

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%
8.2
Best days 22.4%
3.0
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
4.5
Season spread 4.1%
1.1
Water comfort 6.1%
2.9
Access 4.1%
3.8

The detail

Faces 170° with 50% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 92% of days. Mean peak period 4.9 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.1 m, with a peak period of 6 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 64%. Months that work: 4 of 12. Coordinates 41.188, 1.610 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

25 homes for sale within 30 km of Segur de Calafell, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €18,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Fotocasa and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€18,000Home · 62 m² · 2 roomsEl Pont d'Armentera30 km from the spot →€33,900Flat · 40 m² · 2 roomsBonastre15 km from the spot →€38,000Flat · 40 m² · 1 roomBonastre15 km from the spot →€50,000Flat · 48 m²El Vendrell8 km from the spot →€53,999Flat · 59 m² · 2 roomsBellvei5 km from the spot →€54,000Country house · 138 m² · 2 roomsEl Vendrell7 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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