Sea · Canary Islands · Spain
Faro de Tostón
Best for kiting all year.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 57%
- kite days
- Good, 6 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 12kn
- from NNE
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 23°C
- spring suit
- water
- Trip odds
- 7in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 5.7 kite days of 10
Trip odds, expected kite days, water and wetsuit for your exact dates. Free, no sign up.
How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Close model cell, both models agree on the season, 9 full years.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In July, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 16 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 6 %
- Kiteable 94 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 6 %, kiteable on 94 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: all day, 10:00 to 19:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from NNE (23°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 57 % Goodabout 18 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 43 %
- Kiteable 57 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 6 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 7 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 5.7 expected
- Best hours
- 14:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.5 h
- Water
- 23 °C, spring suit
- Air
- 23 °Cdaily maximum, 22 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 2 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 60 | 69 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 94 | 90 | 75 | 57 | 58 | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 7 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 14 to 18 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 17 |
| Daylighth | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 2 of 31 | 4 of 28 | 3 of 31 | 2 of 30 | 1 of 31 | 0 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 0 of 31 | 1 of 30 | 2 of 31 | 2 of 30 | 2 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 4/3 | 3/2 | 3/2 | 3/2 | 3/2 | spring | spring | spring | spring | spring | spring | 3/2 |
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
- 6
- 9
- 7
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 8
- 7
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 8
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 9
- 7
- 7
- 5
- 8
- 9
- 8
- 6
- 4
Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
5 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 5.0 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Faro de Tostón: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Faro de Tostón?
The best months are the whole year: from 2017 to 2025, 57 to 94 % of days were kite days in every month.
Is Faro de Tostón windy in October?
Yes, often. 57 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 18 days in a typical October. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Faro de Tostón?
The water ranges from 19 °C in February to 23 °C in September. In October it is about 23 °C (wetsuit: spring suit).
How many kite days does Faro de Tostón get in a year?
About 257 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
Live forecast from Windy
The forecast map for Faro de Tostón comes from windy.com (Windyty SE, Prague, Czech Republic) and opens right here on this page. Once you load it, your browser contacts Windy, which receives your IP address and may set its own cookies. Nothing is loaded before you click.
Spot facts
- Region
- Canary Islands
- Country
- Spain
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Fuerteventura Airport (FUE), 32 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 28.7120, -14.0039
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Canary Islands
- 56% kite days
El Cotillo4 km
12 kn NNE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in El Cotillo: Jan 59 %, Feb 68 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 66 %, May 71 %, Jun 77 %, Jul 92 %, Aug 89 %, Sep 73 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 54 % - 58% kite days
El Hierro6 km
12 kn N23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in El Hierro: Jan 62 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 66 %, May 77 %, Jun 79 %, Jul 96 %, Aug 92 %, Sep 77 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 60 % - 41% kite days
Majanicho8 km
10 kn N23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Majanicho: Jan 55 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 72 %, May 77 %, Jun 79 %, Jul 91 %, Aug 75 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 43 %, Dec 56 % - 44% kite days
Glass Beach17 km
10 kn NNE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Glass Beach: Jan 57 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 67 %, May 73 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 94 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 52 % - 30% kite days
Los Lobos17 km
9 kn ENE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Los Lobos: Jan 57 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 62 %, May 60 %, Jun 58 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 51 % - 52% kite days
Playa Dorada24 km
11 kn N23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Playa Dorada: Jan 55 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 72 %, May 82 %, Jun 81 %, Jul 96 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 73 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 57 % - 35% kite days
Puerto Lajas25 km
10 kn NE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Puerto Lajas: Jan 44 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 60 %, May 69 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 86 %, Aug 76 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 42 % - 56% kite days
Playa de Janubio30 km
12 kn NNE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Playa de Janubio: Jan 55 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 69 %, May 76 %, Jun 79 %, Jul 98 %, Aug 94 %, Sep 76 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 54 %
Plan your trip
Booking reminder
Remind me when to book Faro de Tostón
One mail, about 8 weeks before your month starts, with the kite day odds for that month and the link to this page. No newsletter.
We send one confirmation mail first; the reminder is set only after you click its link, and unconfirmed addresses are deleted after 7 days. Every mail has an unsubscribe link and a delete link. Privacy
kiteCOMPASS Pro
Plan the whole trip, not just the month
Save trips, get Plan B spots for days without wind and compare three places side by side. 29 EUR per year.
kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: high.
Cite this
In October, 57 % of days at Faro de Tostón met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/faro-de-toston
Numbers on this page are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: name kiteCOMPASS and link to this page.