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Famara, Spain

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About Famara

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 21). The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually July, with about 6 good days in 7; in January, October and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Famara. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ACE, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 26 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Famara.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sat 24: 17 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: waves 2.1 m.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct015knside-on1.8 mwaves
Mon 19Oct013knon2.1 mwaves
Tue 20Oct07knside2.0 mwaves
Wed 21Oct4317knside1.5 mwaves
Thu 22Oct010kncross-off1.4 mwaves
Fri 23Oct4117knside1.9 mwaves
Sat 24Oct7922knside-on2.1 mwaves
Sun 25Oct7821knside-on2.3 mwaves
Mon 26Oct017knside2.0 mwaves
Tue 27Oct012knside1.6 mwaves

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar4of 7
  4. Apr3of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun4of 7
  7. Jul6of 7
  8. Aug5of 7
  9. Sep4of 7
  10. Oct2of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec2of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to ACE, changing at DUB, then 40 min by road. About 19h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 7, side-shore. Water: waves 2 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Famara

    13 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 10, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: waves 1.4 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Kite Famara

    13 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: waves 1.9 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Kite Famara

    17 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: waves 2.1 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to ACE, changing at DUB, then 40 min by road. About 19h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £840–£1,620 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £410–£855
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £35–£60
  • Stay £185–£310
  • Food £175–£330

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