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Kitesurf Location - Isla Canela ( ID isla_canela )      Hits: 2001
 
You are here: Europe > Spain > Kitesurf Location - Isla Canela ( ID isla_canela )
Continent: Europe
Country: Spain
Next Big City (Airport):  Sevilla, Faro (PT)
Next Town: Lepe, Isla Canela
Latitude:   37.1718
Longitude: -7.3787
Type:
- Ocean
- Lagoon
Rider Ability:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurf
- Windsurf
- Surf
Features:
No Information

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Water
Type:
- Shallow
- Flat
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
Hazards:
- None

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


Nice lagoons with very flat water, shallow. Waves on the sand bars. In the winter there will be more waves.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Medium

Hazards:
- None
Location crowds:
- July
- August


Sandy beach. Crowded in summer and deserted the rest of the year.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorts
- Shorty

Fall:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Normal Wetsuit


During summer just shorts or a shorty. Long wetsuit during winter. In fall and spring something in between.

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 Wind

Wind Statistic   Wind Forecast   Wind Report   


Best Months:
No Information
Wind Type:
No Information

Best Direction:
- SW
- WSW
- W
Main Direction:
- N
- SW
- WSW
- W


Good conditions with many directions. Most of the time from 3pm until the end of the afternoon you have a stable SW-W wind that ranges from 2-5 Bft. The other predominant wind is the North, that blows in the mornings and at night and it´s not very good because it's gusty, unstable and offshore.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


Get to the very southwest tip of Spain, west of Sevilla. Take A49 towards Portugal, and where it ends keep driving to the border, and before you reach it follow signs to Isla Canela. Closest airports are FARO in Portugal and Seville in Spain. Buses get to Ayamonte, the closest town and from there you have to get another bus to Isla Canela.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones
- Time Restrictions


Only the beach on the west is allowed for kitesurfers in the summer. The beach is quite crowded during summer.

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 Nightlife
A bit of nightlife in Isla Canela but a lot more is going on in Ayamonte, a town about 5km away.

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