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Kitesurfing in
SpainWORLD CUP BEACH SINCE 1986

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Spain gives kitesurfing two heavyweights. Fuerteventura is the one we cover in depth: its Sotavento tidal lagoon has hosted the World Cup since 1986, fills to standing depth with the tide, and carries the accelerated trades over four kilometres of sandbar — with the resort and the teaching centre on the beach itself. Tarifa, Europe's wind capital with around 300 windy days a year, is the other. 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

Where to stay and learn in Spain

2 PLACES · ALL A 5-MINUTE WALK FROM THE LAUNCH
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7-day wind forecast for Fuerteventura

REFERENCE SPOT: FUERTEVENTURA · UPDATED DAILY
Playa de Sotavento · Fuerteventura STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 03.09
TODAY
03.09
14KTS · GUST 24
N · 12m
OK
FRI
04.09
16KTS · GUST 27
NNW · 10m
GO
SAT
05.09
16KTS · GUST 27
N · 10m
GO
SUN
06.09
19KTS · GUST 34
N · 10m
GO
MON
07.09
13KTS · GUST 24
NNW · 12m
OK
TUE
08.09
8KTS · GUST 15
NNW · 12m+
LIGHT
WED
09.09
9KTS · GUST 19
N · 12m+
LIGHT
GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.

Spain kitesurf 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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