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Spain means two heavyweights: Fuerteventura, whose Sotavento tidal lagoon has hosted the World Cup since 1986, and Tarifa, Europe's wind capital with around 300 windy days a year. EU travel, no jet lag worth mentioning.

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Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura's Sotavento lagoon: 4 km of standing-depth water behind the Playa Barca sandbar, accelerated trades, World Cup on the beach every July.

World Cup host
1986 -> TODAY
Wind avg
15–25 KTS
Level
ALL
Spain in motion ▶ YOUTUBE

7-day wind forecast

REFERENCE SPOT: FUERTEVENTURA · UPDATED DAILY
Playa de Sotavento · Fuerteventura STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
18KTS · GUST 31
N · 10m
GO
TUE
21.07
19KTS · GUST 32
N · 10m
GO
WED
22.07
17KTS · GUST 31
N · 10m
GO
THU
23.07
19KTS · GUST 33
N · 10m
GO
FRI
24.07
20KTS · GUST 36
N · 9m
GO
SAT
25.07
20KTS · GUST 35
N · 9m
GO
SUN
26.07
17KTS · GUST 32
N · 10m
GO
GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.

Country spec sheet

CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
NE trades on Fuerteventura, main season Apr → SepACCELERATED BY THE JANDÍA RIDGES
Water temp
17-24°CSHORTY IN SUMMER
Flight
~4h30 direct from central Europe to FUE
Time zone
Canaries: 1h behind CETZERO JETLAG
Entry
EU / Schengen, ID card is enough
Best window
May → SeptemberWORLD CUP IN JULY
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