Water Sports

Surfing, canoeing, diving...

If you wish to enjoy water sports in Euskadi, the coast of the Lower Deba offers a wide range of possibilities. Inaccessible cliffs, long beaches, ports and an estuary cover the necessities required to do these kinds of sports, thus offering one of the best locations in the Basque Country for these activities.

The Lower Deba is an ideal place to do surf. The beaches of Santiago in Deba and the bay of Alkolea in Mutriku receive the visit of numerous surfers from all over the world. All the services needed for this sport, such as car parks, showers or detailed information, are available.

Underwater activities are also present in the area. Excursions are run from the port of Mutriku and the newly-built jetty in Deba to places of great beauty where the marine life of the Cantabrian Sea can be observed. Immersions take place throughout the year.

All kinds of activities related to the sea are popular: fishing, canoeing, or body boarding are common sights in the Lower Deba.

Surf

Surfing is one of the most popular water sports in the Basque Country and in the Lower Deba. You can try to ride waves the whole season off the beach of Deba.

A circuit has been set up along the whole of the Basque Coast, indicating the places to surf. The so-called ?spots? offer all the services surfers require as well as particular information on the characteristics of the wave and general information about the location.