Bizkaia, Spain
Mundaka
Also known as Mundaka rivermouth, Mundaka left
Advanced
Rivermouth break
Sand bottom
Peels left
1–4 m
Low tide
One of Europe's best lefts: a long, fast, barrelling rivermouth wave that peels off the Mundaka estuary sandbar over a rock-and-sand bottom. It holds size and can run for several hundred metres on the right swell, but is notoriously fickle — the sandbar shifts with the river flow and it can be flat or broken for months at a time. When it works it is a genuine world-class left, which is why the WSL ran a CT event here (the Billabong Pro Mundaka).
Hazards
RocksShallowCrowdsLocalismStrong Current
Conditions
- Best swell
- NW, WNW, W
- Best wind
- SE, E, S
- Season
- Sep, Oct, Nov, Mar, Apr, May
- Wave size
- 1–4 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 43.4127, -2.6994
Facilities
ParkingCafeSurf School
Getting there
Park in Mundaka village and walk to the harbour/rivermouth lookout to check it. Access the water from the harbour slip or the sandbar depending on tide. Strong currents on the outgoing ebb — do not surf near peak ebb flow.