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Spot de Playa Encanto

Playa Encanto kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Mexico · Sonora

31.27 | -113.41

Overview

Playa Encanto is a residential spot located southeast of Puerto Peñasco in Sonora, on the Gulf of California. Northwest winds offer regular conditions on an open body of water. The sandy bottom and residential setting make it an accessible spot, with conditions that vary greatly according to the tidal cycle.

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Playa Encanto: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are March, April and September, at 22 rideable days and 27 °C. The low point is June, at 11 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 90% 13-20 knots · 10% 21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 90% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 19 °C. The wettest month is January, with 2 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Playa Encanto — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 18.5 115 h 19 °C 2 mm
February 14.0 79 h 22 °C 2 mm
March 22.5 138 h 22 °C 0 mm
April 21.5 141 h 25 °C 1 mm
May 16.5 113 h 28 °C 0 mm
June 11.0 54 h 32 °C 1 mm
July 11.0 50 h 34 °C 0 mm
August 13.0 70 h 35 °C 0 mm
September 21.0 107 h 34 °C 0 mm
October 20.0 113 h 31 °C 0 mm
November 16.0 108 h 25 °C 1 mm
December 15.0 87 h 23 °C 0 mm
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Technical details of Playa Encanto spot

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Spot opening date

Open all year round

Required level

Intermediate

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