Sea · Andalusia · Spain
Playa del Tiburón
Best for kiting from February to June and in September.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 48%
- kite days
- Good, 4 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 12kn
- from E
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 21°C
- spring suit
- water
- Trip odds
- 6in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 4.9 kite days of 10
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How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Close model cell, both models agree on the season, 9 full years. Shares its model grid cell with 4 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
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 April, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 15 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 38 %
- Kiteable 62 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 38 %, kiteable on 62 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 to 19:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often WSW (248°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 48 % Goodabout 15 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 52 %
- Kiteable 48 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 4 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 6 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 4.9 expected
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.3 h
- Water
- 21 °C, spring suit
- Air
- 22 °Cdaily maximum, 22 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 3 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 43 | 54 | 60 | 62 | 57 | 57 | 49 | 47 | 55 | 48 | 44 | 41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 5 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 4 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 2 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 2 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 12 to 17 | 11 to 18 | 11 to 18 | 11 to 19 | 12 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 12 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 13 to 19 | 12 to 18 | 12 to 17 | 12 to 17 |
| Daylighth | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| Water°C at the surface | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 4 of 31 | 3 of 28 | 7 of 31 | 4 of 30 | 2 of 31 | 1 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 1 of 31 | 2 of 30 | 3 of 31 | 3 of 30 | 4 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 5/4 | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 3/2 | spring | shorty | shorts | shorty | spring | 3/2 | 5/4 |
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
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Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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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
4 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 4.2 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 Playa del Tiburón: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Playa del Tiburón?
The best months are February to June and September: from 2017 to 2025, 54 to 62 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Playa del Tiburón windy in October?
Yes, often. 48 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 15 days in a typical October. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Playa del Tiburón?
The water ranges from 16 °C in January to 27 °C in August. In October it is about 21 °C (wetsuit: spring suit).
How many kite days does Playa del Tiburón get in a year?
About 187 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.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Andalusia
- Country
- Spain
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Almería Airport (LEI), 41 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 36.6940, -2.7859
- 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 Andalusia
- 53% kite days
Punta Entinas2 km
12 kn E21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Punta Entinas: Jan 49 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 66 %, May 60 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 47 % - 48% kite days
Mar Azul3 km
12 kn E21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Mar Azul: Jan 43 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 62 %, May 57 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 41 % - 41% kite days
Roquetas de Mar14 km
10 kn WSW21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Roquetas de Mar: Jan 40 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 62 %, May 53 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 36 % - 30% kite days
El Zapillo33 km
9 kn SW21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in El Zapillo: Jan 28 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 51 %, May 44 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 33 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 21 % - 40% kite days
El Alquián42 km
10 kn E21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in El Alquián: Jan 36 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 59 %, May 52 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 40 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 31 % - 53% kite days
Cabo de Gata49 km
12 kn WSW21 °C spring suitflat water
Kite days by month in Cabo de Gata: Jan 43 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 69 %, May 60 %, Jun 62 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 43 % - 20% kite days
Castell de Ferro51 km
8 kn W21 °C 3/2sea
Kite days by month in Castell de Ferro: Jan 23 %, Feb 30 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 36 %, May 22 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 9 %, Sep 17 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 25 % - 33% kite days
Carchuna58 km
9 kn W21 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Carchuna: Jan 38 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 55 %, Apr 47 %, May 34 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 39 %
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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. Shares its model grid cell with 4 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 48 % of days at Playa del Tiburón 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/playa-del-tiburon
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