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Villarrube 73.1

#2111 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇪🇸 Spain · La Coruña · near La Coruña

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

Works all yearBig waveRemoteIntermediate
Villarrube, Spain
Photo: voilier.evidence@gma… · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score73.1 /100
Surfable days92% of the year
Clean days24% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell46% period 11 s+
Typical size1.7 m 5.7 ft median
Water16°C a 3/2 wetsuit

Best time to surf Villarrube

The best time to surf Villarrube is February, March, April. The season runs Mar to Apr. In March the water sits around 13°C, so pack a 5/4 with boots and hood, and the typical wave is 2.4 m. The nearest airport is OPO (272 km) and the nearest town is La Coruña (45 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan86%24%2.4 m13°C4/3
Feb87%36%2.9 m13°C5/4
Mar91%43%2.4 m13°C5/4
Apr97%41%1.6 m14°C4/3
May95%14%1.4 m16°C4/3
Jun97%8%1.2 m18°C3/2
Jul89%5%1.1 m20°C2mm
Aug95%6%1.2 m20°C2mm
Sep95%20%1.4 m20°C2mm
Oct97%23%2.0 m18°C3/2
Nov85%27%2.8 m16°C4/3
Dec81%30%2.6 m14°C4/3

What is under Villarrube

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 10 m.

Depth 8 km out10 m
Depth 4 km out9 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 73.1

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%
16.5
Best days 22.4%
19.0
Clean days 18.4%
10.6
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
1.4
Access 4.1%
1.4

The detail

Faces 319° with 22% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 51% of days. Mean peak period 11.1 s. Days over 3 m: 17%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.5 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 24%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 43.646, -8.076 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

65 homes for sale within 30 km of Villarrube, 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 roomsCedeira8 km from the spot →€33,000Flat · 70 m² · 3 roomsValdoviño7 km from the spot →€36,000Home · 102 m²Cedeira2 km from the spot →€42,000Home · 120 m² · 4 roomsCerdido7 km from the spot →€50,000Flat · 98 m² · 3 roomsCerdido7 km from the spot →€54,000Home · 313 m²Cedeira6 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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