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Sotavento, Spain

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About Sotavento

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW 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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 23°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at beginner level the best month is usually December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Esquinzo.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FUE, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → FUE · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Sotavento.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Sotavento on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Thu 22: 11 kn gusting 15, side-shore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct014knoffnot safechop
Mon 19Oct011knoffnot safechop
Tue 20Oct8015knside-onchop
Wed 21Oct021knsidechop
Thu 22Oct8015knsidechop
Fri 23Oct7813knsidechop
Sat 24Oct7116knside0.8 mwaves
Sun 25Oct7114knside0.8 mwaves
Mon 26Oct539knside-onchop
Tue 27Oct349knside-onchop

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

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar1of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May0of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov2of 7
  12. Dec3of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to FUE, changing at MAD, then 1h 20 by road. About 19h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Sotavento

    10 kn gusting 15, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 16 kn gusting 21, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Sotavento

    11 kn gusting 15, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Sotavento

    10 kn gusting 13, side-shore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Sotavento

    9 kn gusting 16, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FUE, changing at MAD, then 1h 20 by road. About 19h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £885–£1,690 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
  • Hire car £80–£130
  • Stay £185–£310
  • Food £175–£330

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