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Continent:	Europe
Country:	Spain
Next Big City (Airport):	Santander
Next Town:	Somo
Latitude:	43.453
Longitude:	-3.7482
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Parking

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Near Locations
Somo Beach (0.66 km) Best Direction: NE NW Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Pedrena (1.97 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop Playa de los Peligros (2.82 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Flat Chop Playa del Sardinero (3.91 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Liencres (17.77 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Ria de Mogro (18.18 km) Best Direction: N NNE NNW Type: Shallow Flat Chop

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat	Hazards: - None

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - High Tide

Excellent flat water. Big shallow area. Great for beginners. Tidal, works only in high tide.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Small

Hazards:	- None	Location crowds: - None

Narrow sandy beach on high tide. Grassy dunes behind it. Enough space to launch. Water launch is very safe.

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Weather

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

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

The water is quite warm in summer: at worse you'll use a shorty. Colder during winter, wetsuit needed.

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Wind

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Best Months:	- May - June - July - August - September	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds

Best Direction:	- NE - NW	Main Direction: - NE - NW

In summertime it mostly thermal wind: it usually starts blowing at 2-4 pm from NE. In case of bad weather you can have wind from NW, which is sideshore here.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

Not far from Santander (Cantabria), about 30 min drive. Just across the bay to the east. Find a map and follow it until you get to Somo. At the west end of Somo, north of the river.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- None

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Nightlife

No nightlife in Somo! The city of Santander is just about 30 minutes away by car and offers great night life and food in the city center.

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