Playa Chica — El Balneario. Photo: Karton82, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tarifa

Tarifa is a town in Cádiz Province, Spain. From Tarifa you can reach 5 surf spots, 4 kite spots and 4 windsurf spots. The nearest is El Balneario, a surf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 97 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is GIB, 28 km away.

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Staying in Tarifa

97 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: GIB, 28 km, TNG, 42 km, TTU, 53 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Tarifa each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Tarifa too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodBest spot that day for beginnersUnder 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: Intermediate

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El Balneario0.5 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft24 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft80 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft22 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at El Balneario, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	62, good	2 ft5 shollow	24kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 19Oct	53, good	2 ft7 shollow	19kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots, offshore	20°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	2 ft12 shollow	80kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	38, fair	1 ft9 shollow	22kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	33, poor	1 ft6 shollow	13kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	44, fair	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	20°C

El Millon5.7 kmabout 10 min by car

2 ft24 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft80 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft22 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at El Millon, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	58, good	2 ft5 smushy	24kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 19Oct	35, too small	2 ft7 smushy	19kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	27, poor	2 ft12 smushy	80kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	26, poor	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	25, too small	1 ft9 scrumbling	22kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	1 ft6 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	34, poor	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	20°C

Punta Paloma10.5 kmabout 20 min by car

2 ft29 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

2 ft90 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

1 ft24 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Punta Paloma, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	38, fair	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	22, too small	2 ft6 smushy	22kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	2 ft12 smushy	90kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	1 ft9 scrumbling	24kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 2 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	17, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots, offshore	20°C

Getares17.1 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Algeciras, 4 km

2 ft12 kJ

1 ft2 kJ

1 ft16 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

1 ft6 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Getares, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	20°C
Mon 19Oct	7, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot	20°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	1 ft12 scrumbling	16kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots, offshore	21°C
Wed 21Oct	12, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	7, too small	1 ft7 smushy	4kJ	wind from the west, 4 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	1 ft5 smushy	3kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	18, too small	1 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	22°C

Tarifa1.5 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft39 kJ

2 ft17 kJ

2 ft80 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft22 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Tarifa, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	30, too small	3 ft6 smushy	39kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	2 ft6 smushy	17kJ	wind from the west, 1 knot	20°C
Tue 20Oct	11, too small	2 ft12 shollow	80kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	11, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	1 ft9 scrumbling	22kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	1 ft6 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	20°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tarifa, 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).

Kite near Tarifa

Playa de Los Lances 2.9 km · stays here
Tarifa - Los Lances 5.2 km · stays here
Playa de Valdevaqueros 9 km · stays here
Punta Paloma 10 km · stays here

Windsurf near Tarifa

Tarifa - Los Lances 5.2 km · stays here
Club MISTRAL 6.5 km · stays here
Playa de Valdevaqueros 9 km · stays here
Punta Paloma 10 km · stays here

Places to eat near Tarifa

Lola Mora TarifaSpanish · in the centre
ChilimosaVegetarian · 0.1 km from the centre
CLUB de PESCA tarifaSeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
La Calle Burger TarifaBurger · 0.1 km from the centre
Mezzometro TarifaPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
Petit BistroFrench · 0.1 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

Tarifa, Spain

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Where it is

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