Playa de Los Lances

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  • Surfing
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Best season

  • October
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  • April
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Level of riding

  • All Levels
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Board styles

  • Shortboard
  • Mid Length Board
  • SUP

Playa de Los Lances is Tarifa’s main surf beach, offering a wide, sandy beach break with multiple peaks and consistent swell exposure in autumn and winter. It delivers fun, punchy waves from waist-high to overhead, ideal for shortboards and mid-lengths. Best with west or northwest swells and offshore Levante winds, easy paddle-outs, and a relaxed, uncrowded atmosphere outside the busy summer months.

PS- Best surf months Oct, Nov,Apr!

Information

Average water temperature — 15-21 C°

Bodywear — Summer: June to November-3.2 Winter: December to May-5.3"

Moderate in autumn, more empty in winter. Not as crowded as southern France or Portugal. Still, some local and traveling surfers show up during clean swells.

Best tide for riding — Mid- high

Wind direction — E

Optimal size — Waist to Overhead+

Wave break — Beachbreak (R&L)

Optimal swell direction — W/NW

Paddle entry rating (1-10) — 4/10

Beach facilities — Shower and drinking water

Around the spot — Coffee shop, surfing school

Parking access — Free

Access to the spot — Normal

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