Overview

Santa Cristina is a beach near Oleiros, east of A Coruña. In the Ría de A Coruña — more sheltered. Works with N-NE winds. Sandy beach. Good for kite when the open coast is too rough. Intermediate.

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Spot forecast for Santa Cristina

Sunrise 08:53 · Sunset 19:43

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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 · 12:50 · 2.7 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 19:18 · 1.4 m
High tide Wed 21 · 01:36 · 2.6 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 07:29 · 1.4 m

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Santa Cristina: 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

143h

in August · 23.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to September, peaking in August: 20 rideable days a month and 143 hours of usable wind, at 21 °C. The low point is January, at 3.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 95%13-20 knots · 5%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 95% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 14 °C. The wettest month is January, with 155 mm.

Monthly averages: Santa Cristina

Monthly averages — Santa Cristina — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	3.5	23 h	14 °C	155 mm
February	6.0	43 h	15 °C	134 mm
March	13.0	105 h	15 °C	117 mm
April	18.5	113 h	19 °C	129 mm
May	22.0	159 h	18 °C	113 mm
June	19.5	158 h	22 °C	32 mm
July	22.0	190 h	23 °C	15 mm
August	23.5	143 h	24 °C	8 mm
September	15.0	95 h	21 °C	50 mm
October	7.5	40 h	20 °C	102 mm
November	4.0	25 h	17 °C	124 mm
December	4.5	36 h	14 °C	129 mm

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Technical details of Santa Cristina 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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EW9339 La Coruna ES3.8 kmsource madis - NOAA

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A Coruña Airport Airport3.8 km

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FW1389 La Coruna ES2.7 km

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