Almerimar - Playa Poniente

About this spot

• air12-30 kt
• explorePoniente · Levante
• wavesChoppy
• signal_cellular_altBeginner
• calendar_monthBest: Jan–Dec

Almerimar's Playa de Poniente is the town's school spot: a cove of dark sand and fine gravel between a long breakwater and the marina's jetty, with a promenade, parking right in front and the Windsurf & Kite Mar Azul club on the shore. Guides present it as the reference point for kite and windsurf in Almería. You ride with Poniente, which comes in side-on: inside the breakwaters the water remains flat and protected, good for learning, freestyle, foil and SUP, and outside them there are waves when the wind picks up. With Levante the wind comes from the land: the water stays smooth next to the shore, but the wind pushes you towards the breakwaters and the harbour mouth, so only with safety equipment. In summer, from 15 June to 15 September, the beach is buoyed for swimming and according to one guide you cannot ride from it; the best time is autumn, winter and spring. Watch out for boats entering and leaving the harbour. Forecasts are checked with ARPEGE, ECMWF and ICON. Photos: "Windsurfing at Almerimar (13869497024)" by Steve Slater (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons; "Victor Fernández,backloop" by Jose Fernandez (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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