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Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Portugal · Madeira

Spot currently openAdvanced levelAltitude 300 m 33.08 | -16.33

Overview

Porto Santo (duplicate) — same as ID 4940. Porto Santo island, 9 km golden sand beach, N-NE side-offshore wind. See main Porto Santo entry for details.

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Spot forecast for Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo

Sunrise 08:13 · Sunset 19:26

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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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Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo: 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

440h

in August · 31 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in August: 27 rideable days a month and 440 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is January, at 8.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 8.5 rideable days8.5 d J February: 13 rideable days F March: 19 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 28 rideable days J August: 31 rideable days31 d A September: 24 rideable days S October: 18 rideable days O November: 11 rideable days N December: 19 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 8.5 rideable days8.5 d J February: 13 rideable days F March: 19 rideable days M April: 17 rideable days A May: 23 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 28 rideable days J August: 31 rideable days31 d A September: 24 rideable days S October: 18 rideable days O November: 11 rideable days N December: 19 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 75%13-20 knots · 24%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 75% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is March, at 16 °C. The wettest month is March, with 54 mm.

Monthly averages: Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo
Monthly averages — Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 8.5 71 h 18 °C 19 mm
February 13.0 131 h 17 °C 20 mm
March 19.0 220 h 16 °C 54 mm
April 17.0 215 h 17 °C 22 mm
May 23.0 318 h 18 °C 19 mm
June 28.0 425 h 19 °C 6 mm
July 28.0 405 h 21 °C 2 mm
August 31.0 440 h 22 °C 2 mm
September 24.0 319 h 21 °C 2 mm
October 18.0 186 h 21 °C 11 mm
November 11.0 96 h 19 °C 21 mm
December 19.0 195 h 17 °C 39 mm

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Technical details of Porto Santo / Ilha de Porto Santo spot

N: Rideable NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable 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: Rideable NNW: Rideable N E S W

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

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