Overview

Playa Santa Ana is a kitesurfing spot in the Colonia department, on the Río de la Plata shores in Uruguay. This spot offers a pleasant natural setting with regular wind on the estuary.

Favorable winds come from the south, southeast, and northeast. The season runs from October to March. The water offers flat to light chop conditions.

The spot suits intermediate riders. The environment is peaceful and natural.

Suggest an edit

Spot forecast for Playa Santa Ana

Sunrise 06:01 · Sunset 19:08

Open-Meteo

Premium weather models. Get the professional models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, MeteoSwiss…) and a 16-day forecast. Without a subscription: Open-Meteo over 5 days.

Go Premium

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

Forecasts provided by Open-Meteo

Playa Santa Ana: 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

366h

in January · 31 rideable days

The season runs from October to March, peaking in January: 27 rideable days a month and 366 hours of usable wind, at 26 °C. The low point is June, at 16.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 79%13-20 knots · 21%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 79% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is July, at 14 °C. The wettest month is March, with 237 mm.

Monthly averages: Playa Santa Ana

Monthly averages — Playa Santa Ana — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	31.0	366 h	28 °C	62 mm
February	24.5	236 h	29 °C	105 mm
March	26.0	224 h	25 °C	237 mm
April	22.5	218 h	21 °C	163 mm
May	22.5	198 h	17 °C	126 mm
June	16.5	134 h	15 °C	59 mm
July	17.5	152 h	14 °C	23 mm
August	24.0	230 h	16 °C	111 mm
September	24.0	218 h	19 °C	67 mm
October	25.5	269 h	22 °C	92 mm
November	28.5	309 h	25 °C	110 mm
December	26.0	279 h	27 °C	43 mm

Photo gallery of Playa Santa Ana

This spot is waiting for its first images

Ridden here? One photo or video, and the spot comes alive for everyone discovering it.

Technical details of Playa Santa Ana spot

The spot works with winds from NE, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW.

Depending on conditions: NNE, ENE, E, WSW, W.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

Something out of date? Suggest an edit

Live

Colonia17.2 kmsource WIS2 - WMO

Readings reserved for Premium members

Live readings from Colonia weather station are reserved for Premium members.

Real-time readings
Last 48 hours history
Custom alerts
Extended weather forecasts

Discover Premium

Already a Premium member? Log in

Additional stations

sainlogic12.9 km

Readings reserved for Premium members
source weathercloud
Ogimet - Colonia (Uruguay)23.1 km

Readings reserved for Premium members
source ogimet

All the details of your session on windtracker.app

Webcams near Playa Santa Ana

Webcams provided by Windy.com

Nearby spots

All spots: Departamento de Colonia

Comments 0

No comments yet.

Log in to comment

Playa Santa Ana kitesurf and wingfoil spot