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Best period: July-December
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Surf Trip to Santander and Somo
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Cantabria has many beach breaks of good quality, but a low number of reefs. So the coast doesn’t give its best with the big winter swells, while it benefits from the small and medium sized swells. The area works with N/NW swells. Crowding is lower than in the Basque Countries but locals tend to be more jealous of their waves: this said, respecting them and the basic rules of how to be in the water, it is difficult to have problems. During the summer, the beautiful beaches of Somo and Santader attract many people from all around Europe who want to learn to surf.
The summer is a good period of the year because the low and exposed coasts in the area receive a good number of small and medium-sized swells that allow the fragile sand banks working better. In summer and autumn a good 3/2 mm wetsuit is enough. In the other months, a 4/3 is necessary.