By Anonymous , 21-07-2017

Consistent long waves, good location - A more experienced friend and I visited Pantin in June 2017. When the weather was good, the water and the waves were good. They didn't get especially big, but there were consistent swells and really even breaks, and once the waves broke, they stretched out for ages. It was a great beach for me (a beginner) and my friend (surfing for five years) since the waves were good closer to the shore and further out. There's also a rip on the right that'll carry you out to the bigger waves. When we were there over a weekend, it wasn't crowded at all. There were maybe 10 of us. You have to watch out when the wind picks up since the waves get more aggressive and start dumping; even the experienced locals told us not to surf here on those days. The good thing was this beach was so close to Valdoviño (lots of fun) and Villareal (the waves are *really* far out, though) that you still had options with a car.

By contessastp , 04-04-2009

hostal on the beach!!! - there is a hostal on the beach in Pantin from this summer on! has 20 Beds, you can cook your own food. go check it out on www.escueladesurfpantin.com

By Anonymous , 11-10-2007

Gracias chicos de Pantin! - Hola! I wanted to say thank you to some of the really sweet locals who offered to help us (me, my man and our 2 year old daughter) out when we visited Pantin recently. Our brakes went on the van and we had Emilio and his friend offering to help us and another car full of locals . Made a shit situation completely bearable by being so kind! Hope if you ever come to the UK you will get the same treatment - you will here at my home- Bantham...Gracias...

By Anonymous , 21-08-2007

what are you doing - hey locols of pantin

i surf the last years in spain i think the last 6 years in summer
this summer i dont surf patin
i meet i yong boy en his fahter
he tell my that you ware making trobbels whit 11 year boy
wear are the respect in the water
how you want that ohter surfers respect you in the coming years
there are already spanishe surfers that dont have no more respect for ou locols from patin
go traviling once in your life so you can enjoy more than one wave in your life
en see how ohter locols are
respect them en you go also be respect

the travelers

By a bit of perspective , 13-03-2007

Shit in every bush!! - I came to Galicia last september with a samll group off reinds and we travelled thorugh much of the area and recognized very similar situations that occur all over seasonal destinations including the popular surf area that we, ourselves come from. People learning to surf dropping in on people without realising it etc, also people camping in places they shouldn't. When I was there many of the campsites were closed and locked up and so we had to look for out of the way places to camp, we kept all of our rubbish and left no shit in the bushes! Don't you think that instead of being aggressive towards the tourists it is your local council you should have issues with. By not enforcing the no camping laws they are depriving local camp sites of money, and local people of jobs on these campsites. Also once out in the surf the localism was so rife it just seemed pathetic considering how empty some of the breaks were. Especially when most of the local people seemed to be on bodyboards and couldn't surf anyway. Seriously you should embrace travelling surfers as a good local source of income. In some areas it seemed much needed and maybe if people weren't so aggressive about it people would be more willing to cooperate anyway. If you guys travelled to my local break I'm sure they'd be many people willing to help you out!!
Kepp cool and make sure you don't shit on your own doorstep even if everyone else is.

By Another Local , 10-10-2006

Campers, get ready. - Enough is enough. I absolutly agree. It is an absurd situation, people camping in parking lots like gypsies, just invading the whole place without any respect. If i were you i'd watch out next summer... We are planning a nice "wheel flattening" campaign that will last all of next summer.
You want to camp? go to camping sites. You want to learn to surf, do so but without putting in danger everyone else. We have had enough...
Dear Illegal campers (Soul-surfers-wannabes), get ready to change your tires, cause we are coming at ya.

By Carlo , 19-09-2006

tourists stay away - avoid the place in summer, there are too many caravans, too many tourists, a lot of people in the water. come back in winter when you can enjoy surfing

By Anonymous , 31-08-2006

enough is enough - it used to be a very nice place, but with 50 cararavans in the parking from July to end Aug now it is overcrowded. These people wash theyr dishes and themselves in the showers ignoring the warnings, shit all around like the bees shit in the woods, and many are beginners with no idea going to the main pick putting a lot of danger in the game. They just put theyr caravan for days in the park steeling the locals ( not only the surfers ) the place when they just go to the beach from the village nearby. it´s not allowed to camp, but as the local police doesn´t make theyr job, they just stay there in a very cheecky attitude. This summer some trouble begun with it, and it´s only a cosecuence of saturation of the place. I can tell you for sure this will be not longer a friendly place to go. Be ready to have some hassle here from now on, cause enough is enough. A local.

By andy@costaluzsurf.com , 29-08-2006

empty - I surfed here in late may 2006 and the sea was crystal clear and the line up pretty empty.

By Me , 18-06-2006

Humidity - A place with no humidity in Galicia? GOOD LUCK!!