Caleta de Famara (Teguise): how to get there and today's wind
Six kilometres of sand below the Famara cliff, in Teguise: real swell, steady wind, the surfers' beach. Not a place for a quiet swim.
Caleta de Famara is the other face of Lanzarote. Six kilometres of open sand below the Risco de Famara, the six-hundred-metre cliff that closes the north of the island, in the municipality of Teguise. It faces north-west — straight into the trade wind and the Atlantic swell. The sea here is always working.
That is why people come. Famara is the surf and kitesurf beach, with schools open year-round in the village of La Caleta. On good days the wave is long and orderly; on big days it is for people who know what they are doing.
⚠️ This is not a beach for a carefree swim. There are serious rip currents and the bottom changes quickly. When there is swell, stay near the shore and do not take your eyes off children. There is no lifeguard cover along the whole strand.
Getting there
From Teguise it is about twenty minutes down to the coast; from the airport around forty. The village of La Caleta de Famara has street parking — it fills early on good wind days — plus bars, board hire and a few fish restaurants.
Worth knowing
The wind is almost always there: it is why surfers come and why anyone after a calm swim is better off heading south. The sunset here, with the cliff behind and La Graciosa in front, is reason enough to come without a board.