Zahara de los Atunes, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Bolonia, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GIB (GIB), 45 km.

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About Zahara de los Atunes

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

Water about 21°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 SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 23). The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at beginner level the best month is usually June, with about 4 good days in 7; in August and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Bolonia, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GIB (GIB), 45 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to TNG, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this spot yet: Bolonia, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: GIB (GIB), 45 km.
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Where it is

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Windsurf spot

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Forecast

Best on Fri 23: 7 kn gusting 16, side-onshore. Water: chop.

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Zahara de los Atunes
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	54, good	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots	18kn	side	chop
Mon 19Oct	36, fair	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	15kn	on	chop
Tue 20Oct	63, good	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	18kn	on	chop
Wed 21Oct	67, good	wind from the west, 7 knots	17kn	side-on	chop
Thu 22Oct	40, fair	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots	15kn	side-on	chop
Fri 23Oct	80, good	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	16kn	side-on	chop
Sat 24Oct	25, poor	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	14kn	side-on	chop
Sun 25Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	7kn	on	chop
Mon 26Oct	0, poor	wind from the east, 4 knots	11kn	offnot safe	chop
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the east, 9 knots	21kn	cross-off	chop

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).

Jan3of 7
Feb3of 7
Mar3of 7
Apr3of 7
May3of 7
Jun4of 7
Jul3of 7
Aug2of 7
Sep3of 7
Oct3of 7
Nov3of 7
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 windsurf. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to TNG, changing at LIS, then 1h 05 by road. About 17h 45 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Windsurf Zahara de los Atunes
8 kn gusting 18, onshore. Water: chop.
Wed 21 Oct
Windsurf Zahara de los Atunes
7 kn gusting 17, side-onshore. Water: chop.
Thu 22 Oct
Windsurf Zahara de los Atunes
7 kn gusting 15, side-onshore. Water: chop.
Fri 23 Oct
Windsurf Zahara de los Atunes
7 kn gusting 16, side-onshore. Water: chop.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 14, side-onshore. Water: chop.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to TNG, changing at LIS, then 1h 05 by road. About 17h 45 door to door

Rough cost

About £710–£1,395 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

Flights £420–£870
To the UK airport £35–£65
Hire car £80–£130
Food £175–£330

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