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Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde kitesurf spot

Costa Rica · Provincia de Guanacaste

Spot currently openIntermediate level 11.03 | -85.7

Overview

Bahia Salinas - Playa Copal is another section of the famous Bahia Salinas, in north-west Guanacaste. This spot offers additional access to the bay with a body of water suited to kitesurfing. Like the other spots in the bay, it benefits from the powerful north-easterly Papagayo winds from December to April. Conditions are regular and the water ranges from flat to light chop.
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Spot forecast for Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde

Sunrise 05:32 · Sunset 17:22

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

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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 6 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 Now02:071 m08:202 m14:500.9 m21:091.9 m03:171 m09:251.9 m15:530.9 m22:142 m04:281 m10:331.9 m16:520.9 m23:122.1 m05:300.9 m11:352 m17:440.8 m00:032.2 m06:220.8 m12:282.1 m18:290.7 m
  • Monday 19 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 2 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 1.9 m
  • Tuesday 20 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 1.9 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2 m
  • Wednesday 21 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 1.9 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2.1 m
  • Thursday 22 October Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2 m Low tide · 0.8 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 2.2 m Low tide · 0.8 m High tide · 2.1 m Low tide · 0.7 m

Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde: 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

389h

in January · 30.5 rideable days

The season runs from December to April, peaking in January: 28 rideable days a month and 389 hours of usable wind, at 31 °C. The low point is October, at 11 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J February: 27 rideable days F March: 27.5 rideable days M April: 28.5 rideable days A May: 22 rideable days M June: 16 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days J August: 25.5 rideable days A September: 12 rideable days S October: 11 rideable days11 d O November: 21 rideable days N December: 28.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J February: 27 rideable days F March: 27.5 rideable days M April: 28.5 rideable days A May: 22 rideable days M June: 16 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days J August: 25.5 rideable days A September: 12 rideable days S October: 11 rideable days11 d O November: 21 rideable days N December: 28.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 66%13-20 knots · 30%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 66% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is October, at 29 °C. The wettest month is June, with 409 mm.

Monthly averages: Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde
Monthly averages — Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 30.5 389 h 30 °C 30 mm
February 27.0 351 h 31 °C 9 mm
March 27.5 361 h 33 °C 10 mm
April 28.5 358 h 34 °C 11 mm
May 22.0 198 h 33 °C 139 mm
June 16.0 146 h 30 °C 409 mm
July 29.5 352 h 30 °C 156 mm
August 25.5 253 h 31 °C 188 mm
September 12.0 86 h 30 °C 308 mm
October 11.0 115 h 29 °C 351 mm
November 21.0 261 h 29 °C 231 mm
December 28.5 383 h 29 °C 84 mm

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Technical details of Bahia Salinas | Playa Copalde spot

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

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE.

Depending on conditions: ENE, E.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
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Open all year round
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