algarrobicos kitesurf and wingfoil spot

Spain · Andalousie

Spot currently openIntermediate levelAltitude 14 m 37.03 | -1.88

Overview

Algarrobicos — Carboneras area, near Cabo de Gata park. Famous for the controversial illegal hotel ruin on the beach. Levante E/NE. Intermediate.

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

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algarrobicos: 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

193h

in March · 21 rideable days

The season runs from March to September, peaking in March: 17 rideable days a month and 193 hours of usable wind, at 26 °C. The low point is February, at 7.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 16.5 rideable days J February: 7.5 rideable days7.5 d F March: 21 rideable days21 d M April: 16.5 rideable days A May: 16 rideable days M June: 16 rideable days J July: 15.5 rideable days J August: 16.5 rideable days A September: 17 rideable days S October: 13.5 rideable days O November: 12.5 rideable days N December: 10 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 16.5 rideable days J February: 7.5 rideable days7.5 d F March: 21 rideable days21 d M April: 16.5 rideable days A May: 16 rideable days M June: 16 rideable days J July: 15.5 rideable days J August: 16.5 rideable days A September: 17 rideable days S October: 13.5 rideable days O November: 12.5 rideable days N December: 10 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 80%13-20 knots · 17%21-30 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 80% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 17 °C. The wettest month is March, with 121 mm.

Monthly averages: algarrobicos
Monthly averages — algarrobicos — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 16.5 98 h 18 °C 10 mm
February 7.5 44 h 18 °C 10 mm
March 21.0 193 h 19 °C 121 mm
April 16.5 127 h 21 °C 18 mm
May 16.0 97 h 24 °C 17 mm
June 16.0 124 h 28 °C 6 mm
July 15.5 138 h 31 °C 3 mm
August 16.5 139 h 31 °C 3 mm
September 17.0 117 h 28 °C 18 mm
October 13.5 92 h 25 °C 95 mm
November 12.5 72 h 21 °C 22 mm
December 10.0 63 h 17 °C 97 mm

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Technical details of algarrobicos spot

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

The spot works with winds from NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SW, WSW.

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Open all year round
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