Mundaka

Mundaka is Europe's most celebrated barrel—a left-hand rivermouth sand point in the Basque Country that delivers incredibly long, hollow tubes when conditions align. The wave peels along a sandbar shaped by the Urdaibai River estuary, with rides of up to 400 meters possible on epic days. The setting is stunning: a medieval Basque fishing village on the hillside, green mountains behind, and cold North Atlantic swells marching in. The wave is notoriously fickle and crowded, but when Mundaka turns on, it rivals any wave on Earth for length and barrel quality. Bring a thick wetsuit.