Europe's best surf coast beaches

12 surf coast beaches across Europe, ranked and mapped.

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  Fistral Beach

  Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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  La Graviere

  Soorts-Hossegor, Landes, France
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  Mundaka

  Urdaibai, Bizkaia, Spain
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  Plage de la Cote des Basques

  Biarritz, France
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  Praia do Guincho

  Cascais, Lisbon Coast, Portugal
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  Praia do Norte

  Nazaré, Portugal
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  Grande Plage

  Biarritz, France
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  Inch Beach

  Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
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  Praia de Santa Barbara

  Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel, Portugal
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  Praia do Amado

  Carrapateira, Algarve, Portugal
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  Prasonisi Beach

  Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
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  Zandvoort

  near Amsterdam, Netherlands