A good ten years ago as a cluless grom I went on a surf trip to Spain, promptly got lost, couldn't find anywhere nice to stay, lost about a stone in weight, spent loads and wasted a couple of weeks in the rain in a tent in a very wave-free Mundaka.
If I'd had this book I would have been sorted. When and what conditions the breaks work under, how to get to them, are the 'locals' friendly, and the poor surfer's vital info like where you can get away with free-camping without arrest and the best places for a night out.
I've been back surfing in Spain most years since my hell-trip 10 years ago, and I know a lot of the places mentioned in this book very well now. It's spot on, with the sort of insider info you can only get from someone whose spent a lot of time there. Unlike some similar books like this, it was obvously written by a real surfer who knows the area, not by someone who just pestered the tourist office and wrote the answers down. It gives the real info real surfers need. Superb.
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