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Soledad 65.7

#2666 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · Las Palmas · near Las Palmas

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Soledad, Spain
Photo: Canarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score65.7 /100
Surfable days96% of the year
Clean days9% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell31% period 11 s+
Typical size1.2 m 4.0 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Soledad

The best time to surf Soledad is February, April, December. It rarely works. In December the water sits around 20°C, so pack a 2 mm shorty, and the typical wave is 1.2 m. The nearest airport is LPA (30 km) and the nearest town is Las Palmas (15 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan98%17%1.2 m19°C2mm
Feb99%21%1.3 m19°C3/2
Mar99%13%1.3 m18°C3/2
Apr96%25%1.1 m18°C3/2
May95%0%1.1 m20°C2mm
Jun92%1%1.1 m21°C2mm
Jul100%0%1.4 m22°C2mm
Aug99%1%1.3 m23°Cvest
Sep93%6%1.0 m23°Cvest
Oct94%10%1.1 m22°Cvest
Nov96%10%1.2 m22°C2mm
Dec96%32%1.2 m20°C2mm

What is under Soledad

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 60 m.

Depth 8 km out60 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 65.7

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%
22.3
Best days 22.4%
9.1
Clean days 18.4%
4.0
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
3.3
Access 4.1%
4.0

The detail

Faces 5° with 50% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 30% of days. Mean peak period 9.7 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.7 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 50%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 28.146, -15.575 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

13 homes for sale within 30 km of Soledad, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €28,800. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Fotocasa and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€28,800Flat · 52 m²Las Palmas de Gran Canaria15 km from the spot →€42,500Country house · 12 m² · 1 roomSanta María de Guía de Gran Canaria6 km from the spot →€47,490Country house · 110 m² · 2 roomsVega de San Mateo14 km from the spot →€54,000Flat · 63 m² · 2 roomsLas Palmas de Gran Canaria13 km from the spot →€55,000Flat · 141 m² · 3 roomsTeror11 km from the spot →€58,000Home · 230 m² · 5 roomsSanta María de Guía de Gran Canaria6 km from the spot →

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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