Vista de Ortigueira dende a rúa do Castelo — Ortigueira, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ortigueira

Ortigueira is a town in A Coruña Province, Spain. From Ortigueira you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Fornos, a surf spot 3.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is LCG, 60 km away.

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Staying in Ortigueira

5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: LCG, 60 km, SCQ, 99 km, OVD, 147 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Ortigueira.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Ortigueira too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

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Fornos3.2 kmabout 10 min by carNeeds 8 ft+

4 ft162 kJ

4 ft442 kJ

6 ft613 kJ

12 ft1940 kJ

11 ft1910 kJ

17 ft5571 kJ

10 ft1321 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Fornos, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	3, too small	4 ft8 smushy	162kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 17 knots	16°C
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	4 ft13 smushy	442kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	31, too small	6 ft10 ssoft	613kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 9 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	55, good	12 ft9 ssoft	1,940kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	14°C
Thu 22Oct	65, good	11 ft9 ssoft	1,910kJ	wind from the south-west, 20 knots, offshore	16°C
Fri 23Oct	53, good	17 ft10 ssoft	5,571kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	62, good	10 ft9 ssoft	1,321kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots, offshore	15°C

Villarrube18 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Valdoviño, 7 kmNeeds 6 ft+

4 ft161 kJ

3 ft331 kJ

6 ft738 kJ

11 ft1777 kJ

11 ft1668 kJ

17 ft5274 kJ

10 ft1321 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Villarrube, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	4 ft8 s	161kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	18°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft13 s	331kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	16°C
Tue 20Oct	47, fair	6 ft11 s	738kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	16°C
Wed 21Oct	48, good	11 ft9 s	1,777kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	46, fair	11 ft9 s	1,668kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 12 knots, offshore	17°C
Fri 23Oct	46, fair	17 ft10 s	5,274kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	55, good	10 ft9 s	1,321kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots, offshore	16°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Ortigueira, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Ortigueira

La Terraza de LauraSpanish · in the centre
Manolo's XantarSpanish · 0.1 km from the centre
Club Nautico0.2 km from the centre
The Master Grill BurgerAmerican · 0.3 km from the centre
Mesón Río SorSpanish · 0.5 km from the centre
Restaurante A Cabana do Fos1.6 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Ortigueira, Spain