Overview

El Playazo — Nerja area. Levante E, Poniente W. Intermediate.

Spot forecast for El Playazo

Sunrise 08:27 · Sunset 19:33

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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 · 12:19 · 0.4 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 17:19 · 0.3 m
High tide Wed 21 · 00:06 · 0.4 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 06:11 · 0.2 m

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El Playazo: 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

110h

in March · 17 rideable days

The season runs from February to May, peaking in March: 13 rideable days a month and 110 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is July, at 4.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 78%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 78% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 17 °C. The wettest month is March, with 241 mm.

Monthly averages: El Playazo

Monthly averages — El Playazo — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	8.5	43 h	17 °C	35 mm
February	9.5	44 h	18 °C	47 mm
March	17.0	110 h	18 °C	241 mm
April	10.5	70 h	21 °C	14 mm
May	13.5	95 h	23 °C	4 mm
June	8.0	62 h	27 °C	3 mm
July	4.5	33 h	28 °C	0 mm
August	4.5	31 h	29 °C	2 mm
September	8.5	60 h	26 °C	9 mm
October	8.0	56 h	24 °C	74 mm
November	7.0	37 h	20 °C	47 mm
December	12.5	76 h	17 °C	47 mm

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Technical details of El Playazo spot

The spot works with winds from NE, ENE, E, ESE, SSW, SW, WSW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

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