Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
El Frontón
Expert
Reef break
Rock bottom
Peels left
1.5–5 m
Low tide
A famous, brutal black-reef slab near Gáldar that produces some of the heaviest bodyboarding waves on the planet: ledging, shacking closeouts over dry reef. Spectacular, dangerous and strictly for experts.
Hazards
ShallowRocksRipStrong Current
Conditions
- Best swell
- NW, WNW, W
- Best wind
- E, NE
- Season
- Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
- Wave size
- 1.5–5 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 28.1510, -15.6720
Facilities
ParkingCafe