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Spot de Sotavento / Fuerteventura

Sotavento / Fuerteventura

Sotavento / Fuerteventura

Kitesurfing spot | Spain

28.14 | -14.24

07:04 | 20:57

Overview

Sotavento is a legendary spot discovered in the 70s. Since then, windsurfing, kitesurfing, and now wing foiling have developed strongly there. Fuerteventura is a rather desert-like island and the Jandia beach is long and magnificent. If you have a strong heart, try the speed run at 50cm from the beach, kilometers of guaranteed pleasure! However, when the wind picks up, it's not very "family friendly".  

Wind generally N-NE side-off with a kite/windsurf/wing center and rescue service on site (Rene Egli).

Irregular wind but very rideable on the Atlantic. During high tide coefficients and for a few days, a huge lagoon forms along the entire beach, an experience to live!

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Technical details of Sotavento / Fuerteventura spot

Required level

Beginner

Spot opening date

Ouvert toute l'année

Always open 

Parking

Available on site at the Mélia hotel, 200m from the beach

Hazards

Side-off wind, so take the rescue package at the René Egli center.

Wind specificities

The wind at Sotavento is a mix of trade winds that arrive from the west coast of the island (in summer) and are compressed by the terrain (venturi effect) and reinforced by the thermal effect, all of which hits the Sotavento beach in patches. 
From late May to late August is the best period, outside this period it still works, but it's not 100%. Wind forecasts are always lower than the actual wind (Venturi effect / thermal effect not taken into account by weather models)

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