Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Spain |
Next Big City |
Malaga |
Next Town |
San Pedro de Alcantara |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Crystal clear |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Sometimes choppy sometimes the waves can go up to 2m. Tidal.
Type: |
Sand, Pebbles |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
June, July, August |
Nice beach without rocks etc. Enough space to relaunch and land the kite.
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Spring:
|
Shorty, Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
|
Shorty, Normal |
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Winter:
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Normal |
In summer the temperatures should stay between 25 and 40°C in winter between 10-20°C. Water in winter for long wetsuit in summer shorty or shorts.
Best Months: |
August, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Thermal, Frontal |
Best Direction: |
W |
Main Direction: |
E, S, W |
Usual direction is West, normally between 15-30 knots. If it blows East or South wind between 8-15 knots. Best direction is West. The best wind is between August and November on the rest of the year you better go to other spots which are 20 km distance maximum, or you go to Tarifa (takes 40 minutes by car).
Transport |
Car |
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Access
|
Short walk |
From Airport Malaga (60 km) you take the main road and go direction west, pass Marbella until you see San Pedro de Alcantara. Then it's 5 minutes until you see a petrol station called El Saladillo. There's the beach.
Rules |
No information |
