Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
El Quemao
Expert
Reef break
Rock bottom
Peels left
1.5–4 m
Low tide
The "Canary Pipeline": a shallow, powerful left-hand reef near La Santa that produces genuinely heavy barrels on northwest swell. A world-class wave with a local crew that protects it fiercely; not for the faint-hearted.
Hazards
ShallowRocksRipLocalismStrong Current
Conditions
- Best swell
- NW, WNW, W
- Best wind
- E, NE
- Season
- Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
- Wave size
- 1.5–4 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 29.2190, -13.4990