Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Spain |
Next Big City |
Malaga, Jerez de la Fontera |
Next Town |
Bolonia |
|
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Food, Parking |
Water
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
No information |
Small shallow area, about 50-100m. With Poniente flat water. If there is a good swell coming with Levante, this beach gets very nice line ups with waves up to 2.5m high. But then only for experienced riders.
Beach
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
Bystanders, Other |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Beautiful, quiet beach. Very long beach with clean sand. About 100m wide. Be careful with animals (horses) running around this beach.
Weather
Spring:
|
Shorty, Normal |
Summer:
|
Shorts, Shorty |
Fall:
|
Shorty, Normal |
Winter:
|
Normal |
Air in winter 20°C, in summer between 25 and 35°C. Water between 18°C in winter and 23°C in summer. Winter long wetsuit, summer shorty or shorts, rest of year shorty.
Wind
Best Months: |
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October |
Wind Type: |
Thermal, Frontal |
Best Direction: |
W |
Main Direction: |
E, W |
Sideonshore with Poniente wind. At one point to the right it can be gusty with bigger wind holes. Less strong winds here than in Tarifa with Levante. Levante is gusty and strong between 15-30 knots normally but some days 40 knots. The Levante blows here almost as strong as in Tarifa. Poniente (West wind) is perfect for kitesurfing with 8-20 knots. During summer thermal west wind with up to 20 knots starting from about 2pm.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
Short walk |
From Tarifa drive on the highway towards Cadiz. Exit at signs Bolonia. The small road takes you directly to the beach. Free parking.
Extra information
Kitesurfing and windsurfing is banned in Bolonia in the summer months. During the rest of the year go to the south of the beach.
Nightlife
For good nightlife go to Tarifa.