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Rocky ground with arches and caves; rich grounds, only in calm seas.
Google MapsToday — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 1152 spots across 189 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapRocky ground with arches and caves; rich grounds, only in calm seas.
Google MapsSemi-sheltered cove to the east; easy entry, good with a low, long swell.
Google MapsCove with a central islet; rock bottom, entry off the sand, exposed to swell.
Google MapsPebble beach with a mixed rock-and-sand bottom; the breakers hold bass and bream on the eastern Llanes coast.
Google MapsRocky cove east of Llanes; rock with sand, sea bream and sea bass, exposed to the NW.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
Minimum sizes by caladero (in the table below). Season depends on the species and place.
Rules change and are REGIONAL. Before heading out, check with the competent autonomous community (licence) and the min-size table in force.
Spearfishing in Llanes is Cantabrian cove work, not sheltered ría fishing. The source lists Playa de Toró, Ballota, Cuevas del Mar, Andrín and Buelna, with rock, sand or pebble bottoms and repeated exposure to swell or NW sea. There is no daily visibility feed or buoy, only a harbour webcam. Legally, do not use Galicia PE405A here: Asturias issues the licence through the Principado, and spearfishing is included in the maritime licence.
The Llanes list is compact but exposed. Toró is rock and sand with bass and bream, open to NW. Ballota has a central islet, rock bottom and sand entry, but takes swell. Cuevas del Mar needs calm sea. Andrín has easy entry and works with low, long swell. Buelna is pebble shore with mixed rock and sand.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa de Toró | Rocky cove with sand | Rock and sand by the cove | - | - | East of Llanes, with bream and sea bass in the source text. Exposed to the NW. |
| Playa de Ballota | Cove with central islet | Rock bottom | - | From sand | Rock bottom and sand entry. The source marks it exposed to swell. |
| Cuevas del Mar (Nueva) | Rock with arches and caves | Rocky bottom | - | - | Rich ground in the source, but only in calm seas. |
| Playa de Andrín | Semi-sheltered cove | Cove rock and sand | - | Easy entry | Eastern cove, good with a low, long swell. The source says easy entry, not beginner level. |
| Playa de Buelna | Pebble beach | Mixed rock and sand bottom | - | - | Breakers hold sea bass and bream on the eastern Llanes coast. |
The Llanes spot text names sea bass and bream, especially at Toró and Buelna. The Cantabrian-NW species list also includes European seabass, gilthead seabream, salema, bogue, black seabream, grey mullet, red porgy, striped red mullet, common octopus, conger and pollack. Legal sizes in the source include seabass at 42 cm, gilthead bream at 19 cm and octopus at 1 kg. Pollack has a recreational closure from 1 January to 30 April.
The source gives no month window for Llanes. It gives Cantabrian tide regime, no upwelling coast, worst NW direction and a bad N to NW sector. Use those as the filter: Cuevas del Mar only in calm seas, Ballota with caution in swell, and Andrín when the swell is low and long. A named month is less useful than the sea state in this dataset.
The source has no daily visibility value and no local buoy. It does include a live camera at Puerto de Llanes, which helps read the surface and harbour, not the water under Toró or Ballota. The Natura 2000 note for Ría de Ribadesella-Ría de Tinamayor is advisory: it says to check local spearfishing rules, not that the site is a ban.
Yes. The Asturias item says the Principado de Asturias issues the licence and that spearfishing is part of the maritime licence, with www62.asturias.es as the reference. National Spanish rules still apply: the autonomous community issues the licence, freediving only, no scuba, daylight only, visible buoy within 25 m, and 300 m from working professional fishing vessels. Check the Principado for details not present in the source.
The source lists Playa de Toró, Playa de Ballota, Cuevas del Mar, Playa de Andrín and Playa de Buelna. Andrín has easy entry, Ballota enters from sand, and Cuevas del Mar needs calm sea.
The spot text names sea bass and bream. The Cantabrian-NW list also includes gilthead bream, salema, black seabream, grey mullet, red porgy, red mullet, octopus, conger and pollack.
The source has no daily visibility reading and no buoy. It has a harbour webcam for surface checks. For the coves, filter by swell and N to NW exposure.
Yes. Asturias issues the licence through the Principado, and spearfishing is included in the maritime licence. Use the Asturias source, not Galicia PE405A.
No. The national rule in the source says spearfishing is freediving only. Scuba is banned under RD 347/2011.
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