# Piles - Playa de Piles — Piles, Spain

Urban beach of Piles, in la Safor, in front of the promenade, between Miramar and Terranova (Oliva). The nautical guide of the Comunitat Valenciana groups Piles and Oliva as the area where the Garbí is most constant, and the beach is known as a windsurf spot, with a shallow sandy bottom.

The wind is the south-east thermal on afternoons from March to September, side-on, although gusty. In autumn and winter the Levante and Gregal bring waves, and the Poniente blows offshore.

Caution: the sand is narrow and the promenade and houses are right next to it, so there is little room to launch and land; in summer you can only enter the water through a buoyed channel. There are bars and restaurants on the promenade, a fountain next to the launch area and parking about 270 m away.

Photos: "Platja de Piles amb el Montgó al fons" by Joanbanjo (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; "Platja de Piles, la Safor" by Joanbanjo (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

- **Sports:** Kitesurf, Wingfoil, Windsurf
- **Difficulty:** Intermediate
- **Location:** Piles, Spain (38.94951, -0.11441)
- **Favourable wind directions (where the wind blows from):** SE (135°), E (90°)
- **Wind range (knots):** 12–28
- **Best months:** March, April, May, June, July, August, September

## Wind by month (% of days per strength)

| Month | <7 kn | 7–13 kn | 13–20 kn | 20–35 kn | >35 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 48 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 36 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 42 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 30 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 15 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 16 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 23 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 36 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 43 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 52 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 56 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 |

## Local winds

- **Garbí (térmica)** — SE (135°), 12–20 kn. The thermal breeze of spring and summer afternoons, from April to October: it comes from the sea from the south-east and provides calm freeride with some chop late in the afternoon. In Piles the Comunitat guide describes it as more constant than in the south of Alicante, although gusty.. It usually drops at sunset: do not go too far from the shore at the end of the day.
- **Gregal / Llevant** — ENE (60°), 15–30 kn. North-east and east winds from autumn and winter storms: they come from the sea, stronger and with waves.. Swell and currents near the shore; only with wave experience.
- **Ponent (terral)** — W (280°), 12–35 kn. The Poniente wind of winter blows offshore on this coast: gusty and pushes out to sea.. Offshore wind: do not ride with it.

## Zones

- **Launch area** — Launch zone
- **Playa de Piles** — Navigation zone
- **Parking** — Parking

## Points of interest

- **Parking**: Free parking about 270 m from the launch area.
- **Restaurante Gloriamar**: Restaurant on the promenade, next to the launch area.
- **Bar El Palmera**: Bar on the promenade, 80 m away.
- **Alberg Juvenil Mar i Vent**: Youth hostel 400 m to the south.

## Hazards

- Narrow beach: little room to launch and land
- Bathers and promenade right next to the shore
- Gusty wind
- Poniente wind: offshore

## Obstacles

- Promenade and houses right next to the sand
- Narrow beach

## Facilities

- Restaurant
- Parking

## Restrictions

- Del 15 de junio al 15 de septiembre las playas se balizan para el baño: solo se entra y sale del agua por un canal balizado; consulta el balizamiento vigente

[See it on Ventus Surf (3D map, zones and live forecast)](https://ventus.surf/spots/piles-playa-de-piles-ScWcJU2JrisMLnr490IG?lang=en)