Overview

Gorliz is a sandy beach on the Basque coast northwest of Bilbao. Wide beach with NW-W swell. NE-N wind cross-onshore. Less intimidating than Sopelana — more family-friendly. Sandy bottom, beach breaks. Intermediate. Good infrastructure — parking, restaurants, surf school. Popular summer beach.

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Spot forecast for Gorliz

Sunrise 08:31 · Sunset 19:21

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 13:01 · 3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 19:26 · 1.6 m
High tide Wed 21 · 01:49 · 2.9 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 07:42 · 1.6 m

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Gorliz: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

264h

in July · 28 rideable days

The season runs from April to August, peaking in July: 24 rideable days a month and 264 hours of usable wind, at 21 °C. The low point is January, at 8 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 67%13-20 knots · 26%21-30 knots · 6%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 67% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 13 °C. The wettest month is December, with 129 mm.

Monthly averages: Gorliz

Monthly averages — Gorliz — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	8.0	60 h	15 °C	94 mm
February	13.0	104 h	15 °C	111 mm
March	14.5	137 h	15 °C	122 mm
April	19.0	160 h	18 °C	70 mm
May	26.0	228 h	18 °C	74 mm
June	23.5	224 h	22 °C	45 mm
July	28.0	264 h	23 °C	22 mm
August	24.0	198 h	25 °C	61 mm
September	17.5	164 h	21 °C	105 mm
October	14.0	111 h	21 °C	119 mm
November	10.5	95 h	17 °C	121 mm
December	12.5	96 h	13 °C	129 mm

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Technical details of Gorliz spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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