![]() This is exactly what makes Tarifa such a renowned destination for wind sports: you’ve got 35km of absolutely amazing coast line with mostly sandy beaches and guaranteed, consistent, at times even crazy, winds for 300 days a year! Combine this with warm weather and you have the perfect spot for kitesurfing maniacs. You can quite often expect choppy seas and smaller waves, but overall, you’re in good hands. It blows at about 20 knots from the west, mostly on-shore. Poniente is a lot more gentle, but often much cooler. But when the storm hits, and it happens a few times a year, a massive swell comes in bringing waves up to 4 metres high. It flattens all the ripples in the sea making the water nicely calm and flat. Levante is warm, gusty and unpredictable, so you do need to have a few tricks up your sleeve before jumping on it. It blows mostly off-shore and reaches its peak speeds when it crosses the Straits of Gibraltar. Levante is coming from the east at speeds of 30+, sometimes even up to crazy 45 knots. Why? Simply because, on this crossroads lying at the beginning of the magnificent Costa de la Luz, the “Coast of Light”, two different winds meet: the wild and the innocent, Levante and Poniente. ![]() This small town of Tarifa has became one of the most popular meeting points for kite-lovers. On a clear day, you can actually see the northern coast of Morocco and Africa. Located on one of the most southern points of the whole Europe, exactly where the “Old Continent” touches Africa and the Mediterranean meets the wild waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Looking at Tarifa is like looking at a crossroads: two seas, two continents and two completely different cultures, ready to be explored by all kinds of adventurers. Is Tarifa one of the best kitesurfing destinations in Europe?
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