Playa de Famara

Lanzarote, Canary Islands · 🇪🇸 Spain

A wild, wind-scoured strand under a towering cliff wall — the raw Atlantic surf capital of Lanzarote.

Sea temperature

~21°C in the warm season

Water

Clear Atlantic blue, cooler

Sand

Golden sand

Swimming

Strong currents — better for surfing than swimming

Surf

Consistent Atlantic beach-break, Lanzarote's surf heartland

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A vast beach beneath a 600-metre cliff wall on Lanzarote's north-west

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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