Checking the wind…
Spanish Mediterranean
Cross-offshore. Only with rescue.
Best chance this week: Tuesday 15-18h, up to 14 kn.
Cross-offshore wind. Only with rescue or experience.
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| GO | Marginal | Marginal | Marginal | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | Marginal | Marginal | Marginal | Marginal | Go | Go | Go | Marginal | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | Marginal | Go | Go | Marginal | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go | No-go |
| Wind | 1319 | 1421 | 1220 | 1017 | 915 | 1015 | 614 | 49 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 47 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 57 | 59 | 38 | 714 | 1015 | 812 | 611 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 47 | 69 | 812 | 913 | 713 | 411 | 37 | 45 | 25 | 34 | 24 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 03 | 24 | 35 | 47 | 68 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 57 | 58 | 610 | 712 | 713 | 612 | 39 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 34 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 1015 | 1116 | 1118 | 1219 | 1221 | 1323 | 1323 | 1423 | 1423 | 1422 | 1322 | 1220 | 1118 | 916 | 714 | 611 | 59 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 69 | 812 | 1015 | 1219 | 1422 | 1421 | 1220 | 1119 | 1118 | 1118 | 1218 | 1118 | 1118 | 1017 | 615 |
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| ICON | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Direction | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | W | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | WSW | W | WSW | W | W | W | WNW | W | W | W | W | WSW | W | W | W | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | W | W | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | WNW | W | WNW | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | WSW | W | NW | W | W | W | WSW | W | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | S | ESE | SSE | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | WSW | W | W | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW |
| Kite | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.94s | 0.94s | 0.924s | 0.925s | 0.885s | 0.865s | 0.825s | 0.765s | 0.75s | 0.645s | 0.625s | 0.585s | 0.565s | 0.545s | 0.55s | 0.485s | 0.465s | 0.425s | 0.45s | 0.385s | 0.365s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.365s | 0.365s | 0.45s | 0.424s | 0.464s | 0.484s | 0.54s | 0.524s | 0.54s | 0.54s | 0.485s | 0.465s | 0.425s | 0.45s | 0.385s | 0.365s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.364s | 0.384s | 0.44s | 0.424s | 0.444s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.445s | 0.445s | 0.425s | 0.45s | 0.385s | 0.365s | 0.345s | 0.325s | 0.34s | 0.34s | 0.284s | 0.284s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.244s | 0.244s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.284s | 0.34s | 0.344s | 0.364s | 0.364s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.364s | 0.364s | 0.384s | 0.384s | 0.44s | 0.45s | 0.425s | 0.425s | 0.425s | 0.445s | 0.445s | 0.485s | 0.54s | 0.544s | 0.544s | 0.524s | 0.524s | 0.54s | 0.54s | 0.484s | 0.484s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.54s | 0.525s | 0.565s | 0.65s | 0.644s | 0.684s | 0.74s | 0.725s | 0.745s | 0.725s | 0.724s | 0.74s | 0.664s | 0.645s | 0.65s | 0.565s | 0.545s | 0.55s | 0.485s | 0.445s | 0.425s | 0.45s | 0.385s | 0.365s | 0.365s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.344s | 0.384s | 0.424s | 0.463s | 0.463s | 0.484s | 0.484s | 0.484s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.444s | 0.444s | 0.424s | 0.424s |
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Log your sessions; that is how Windulu gets to know you.
The advice is a tool. You remain responsible for your own safety.
Playa de Las Salinas lies in Los Alcázares on the Mar Menor, the saltwater lagoon behind La Manga, and according to the regional tourist board it is a beach of coarse grey sand, 25 metres wide on average, where kitesurfing, windsurfing and windfoiling are among the activities. Tide plays no part on the lagoon. The beach faces south-east, so east-south-east to south-south-east is onshore and east and south come in side-on, while north-east and south-west blow along the beach and Windulu gives a no-go in a north-westerly, even though you are on a lagoon. The AEMET station at San Javier airport is two and a half kilometres to the north-east, so the live data tells you a lot here, even if it only comes in once an hour.
According to the regional tourist board, Playa de Las Salinas is not an official bathing beach and people kite and windsurf there. The municipal ordinance only allows kiting in the bathing season in a designated zone without swimmers. Outside buoyed zones a 3-knot limit applies within 200 m of the beach. Source: ITREM (Región de Murcia); Los Alcázares town council, ordinance art. 19.
The open water at Los Alcázares (Las Salinas) faces SE (141°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are east, southeast and south (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, northeast, southwest and west, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the northwest, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).