Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Spain · Región de Murcia

Spot currently openBeginner levelAltitude 3 m 37.81 | -0.79

Overview

Escuela de Vela (Mar Menor) — sailing school area, northwest Mar Menor. Nets separate bathers from kiters. Small rigging/launching area. NE best (flat, gets choppy further out). A few rocks in ankle-deep water. Water never less than 18°C. Beginner.

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Spot forecast for Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

196h

in August · 22.5 rideable days

The season runs from June to September, peaking in August: 20 rideable days a month and 196 hours of usable wind, at 29 °C. The low point is February, at 10 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 13.5 rideable days J February: 10 rideable days10 d F March: 24.5 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 17 rideable days M June: 17.5 rideable days J July: 20.5 rideable days J August: 22.5 rideable days22.5 d A September: 20.5 rideable days S October: 16.5 rideable days O November: 16 rideable days N December: 13.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 13.5 rideable days J February: 10 rideable days10 d F March: 24.5 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 17 rideable days M June: 17.5 rideable days J July: 20.5 rideable days J August: 22.5 rideable days22.5 d A September: 20.5 rideable days S October: 16.5 rideable days O November: 16 rideable days N December: 13.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 82%13-20 knots · 18%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 82% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 17 °C. The wettest month is March, with 101 mm.

Monthly averages: Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor
Monthly averages — Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 13.5 93 h 17 °C 13 mm
February 10.0 60 h 18 °C 8 mm
March 24.5 211 h 18 °C 101 mm
April 17.0 136 h 20 °C 16 mm
May 17.0 136 h 23 °C 23 mm
June 17.5 166 h 27 °C 7 mm
July 20.5 196 h 30 °C 4 mm
August 22.5 196 h 30 °C 4 mm
September 20.5 153 h 27 °C 28 mm
October 16.5 115 h 24 °C 66 mm
November 16.0 88 h 20 °C 31 mm
December 13.5 75 h 17 °C 86 mm

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Technical details of Escuela de Vela / Mar Menor spot

N: Rideable NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Rideable E: Rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Rideable SW: Rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, SSW, SW, NNW.

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