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Playa Blanca kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Mexico · Guerrero

Spot currently openIntermediate level 17.59 | -101.46

Overview

Playa Blanca is a kitesurf spot located on the Pacific coast of Guerrero. This spot offers a sandy beach with regular westerly thermal winds and moderate ocean conditions.
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Spot forecast for Playa Blanca

Sunrise 06:40 · Sunset 18:20

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

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Swell and waves

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 4.9 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23 Now01:190.2 m08:100.8 m14:340.4 m19:390.6 m01:390.3 m08:190.8 m14:360.4 m19:520.6 m01:570.3 m08:230.7 m14:380.4 m20:070.7 m02:140.3 m08:190.7 m14:370.3 m20:280.7 m02:300.4 m08:080.7 m14:390.3 m20:580.7 m
  • Monday 19 October Low tide · 0.2 m High tide · 0.8 m Low tide · 0.4 m High tide · 0.6 m
  • Tuesday 20 October Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 0.8 m Low tide · 0.4 m High tide · 0.6 m
  • Wednesday 21 October Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 0.7 m Low tide · 0.4 m High tide · 0.7 m
  • Thursday 22 October Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 0.7 m Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 0.7 m
  • Friday 23 October Low tide · 0.4 m High tide · 0.7 m Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 0.7 m

Playa Blanca: 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

76h

in April · 21 rideable days

The season runs from February to June, peaking in April: 15 rideable days a month and 76 hours of usable wind, at 31 °C. The low point is September, at 2 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 7 rideable days J February: 10 rideable days F March: 16 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days21 d A May: 16 rideable days M June: 11 rideable days J July: 5.5 rideable days J August: 4.5 rideable days A September: 2 rideable days2 d S October: 4.5 rideable days O November: 7.5 rideable days N December: 6 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 7 rideable days J February: 10 rideable days F March: 16 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days21 d A May: 16 rideable days M June: 11 rideable days J July: 5.5 rideable days J August: 4.5 rideable days A September: 2 rideable days2 d S October: 4.5 rideable days O November: 7.5 rideable days N December: 6 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 100%13-20 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 100% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at 30 °C. The wettest month is September, with 444 mm.

Monthly averages: Playa Blanca
Monthly averages — Playa Blanca — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 7.0 29 h 31 °C 31 mm
February 10.0 43 h 30 °C 4 mm
March 16.0 60 h 30 °C 0 mm
April 21.0 76 h 31 °C 0 mm
May 16.0 73 h 32 °C 28 mm
June 11.0 49 h 31 °C 207 mm
July 5.5 22 h 32 °C 115 mm
August 4.5 17 h 32 °C 111 mm
September 2.0 7 h 30 °C 444 mm
October 4.5 18 h 30 °C 145 mm
November 7.5 24 h 31 °C 26 mm
December 6.0 22 h 31 °C 20 mm

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Technical details of Playa Blanca spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Depending on conditions WSW: Not rideable W: Rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from W, NW.

Depending on conditions: SW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
Spot opening date · Required level
Spot opening date
Open all year round
Required level
Intermediate

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