Overview

Playa Fornos is on the Lugo coast of Galicia. North-facing sandy beach. NE-N winds. Atlantic waves. Intermediate. Wild northern coast.

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Spot forecast for Playa Fornos

Sunrise 08:51 · Sunset 19:40

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

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 12:57 · 2.8 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 19:25 · 1.5 m
High tide Wed 21 · 01:44 · 2.7 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 07:37 · 1.5 m

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Playa Fornos: 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

84h

in July · 10.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to August, peaking in July: 8 rideable days a month and 84 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is January, at 1.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 97%13-20 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 97% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 13 °C. The wettest month is January, with 207 mm.

Monthly averages: Playa Fornos

Monthly averages — Playa Fornos — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	1.5	12 h	14 °C	207 mm
February	3.5	28 h	15 °C	163 mm
March	5.0	35 h	14 °C	126 mm
April	6.5	35 h	17 °C	113 mm
May	8.0	38 h	17 °C	135 mm
June	8.0	59 h	20 °C	33 mm
July	10.5	84 h	22 °C	17 mm
August	7.5	48 h	23 °C	11 mm
September	4.5	28 h	20 °C	56 mm
October	2.5	12 h	19 °C	106 mm
November	2.5	11 h	17 °C	121 mm
December	4.5	33 h	13 °C	140 mm

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Technical details of Playa Fornos spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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