Overview

El Zapillo — Almería city south zone. Poniente W/NW spot — flat water near breakwater, waves on the left side. Kite forbidden 15 June-15 September. Intermediate.

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Spot forecast for El Zapillo

Sunrise 08:21 · Sunset 19:27

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

Next tides

Low tide Tue 20 · 04:47 · 0.1 m
High tide Tue 20 · 12:36 · 0.3 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 16:34 · 0.2 m
High tide Tue 20 · 23:46 · 0.3 m

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El Zapillo: when to go?

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Season · peak

119h

in March · 14 rideable days

The season runs from March to May, peaking in March: 11 rideable days a month and 119 hours of usable wind, at 23 °C. The low point is July, at 4 days.

Kiting is forbidden here from 15/06 to 15/09. Kite interdit / Kite forbidden summer

Rideable days per month

Closed month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 73%13-20 knots · 25%21-30 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 73% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 18 °C. The wettest month is March, with 58 mm.

Monthly averages: El Zapillo

Monthly averages — El Zapillo — 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	41 h	18 °C	3 mm
February	8.0	40 h	19 °C	8 mm
March	14.0	119 h	20 °C	58 mm
April	8.5	58 h	23 °C	8 mm
May	10.5	62 h	26 °C	8 mm
June closed	6.5	42 h	31 °C	2 mm
July closed	4.0	17 h	32 °C	0 mm
August closed	4.0	16 h	33 °C	1 mm
September closed	6.0	33 h	29 °C	5 mm
October	4.5	24 h	26 °C	25 mm
November	7.0	37 h	22 °C	7 mm
December	4.0	19 h	18 °C	20 mm

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Technical details of El Zapillo spot

The spot works with winds from SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date

Closed : from 15/06 to 15/09
Kite interdit / Kite forbidden summer

Required level

Intermediate

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Additional stations

EW6336 Almeria ES2.8 km

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source madis - NOAA
Ogimet - Almeria / Aeropuerto (Spain)6.1 km

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