The report · Sotavento, Fuerteventura · Kite · August · 6 pages

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Fuerteventura, Spain

Sotavento, Fuerteventura

KiteAugust

44% of August days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

August sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for August as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04Per-launch tide notesno data05Offshore drift & the tidal lagoon06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Ten Augusts
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite524955545452564432263446Windsurf424048464643483623192736Wing524955545452564432263446

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, August

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 9% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, August

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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August's own records

The month's own figures from ten Augusts in the record, 2017 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days14 of 31Ten Augusts in the record
DirectionNNE 14°
Wind, rideable hours15 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air23.8°CMaximum
Waves1.3 m45% of days run big
Hours over 12 kt3.5 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeJuly56%17 rideable days in 31
Your monthAugust44%14 rideable days in 31
AfterSeptember32%10 rideable days in 30

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Paradisus by Meliá FuerteventuraHotel · On the beachHotel on Playa Sotavento where the René Egli centre operates.
ZEL Fuerteventura$$$Hotel · Next to René Egli · Adults onlyAdults-only (16+) hotel on Sotavento beach, formerly INNSiDE by Meliá, right next to the René Egli centre. ION runs a shuttle from it to Risco del Paso.
SBH Mónica Beach Resort$$·Resort · Costa CalmaResort with ION Club Costa Calma on the beach in front, and ION’s shuttle to Risco del Paso, about 15 minutes, for kiting.
SBH Costa Calma Palace$$·Hotel · Costa CalmaFour-star with half board on Costa Calma beach, 100 m from the ION Club Costa Calma centre, with ION’s shuttle to Risco del Paso.
SBH Taro Beach$$·Hotel · Costa CalmaAll-inclusive four-star partnered with ION Club, with a sea view from all 390 rooms, about 15 minutes from Risco del Paso.

Lessons

René Egli$$$School · Kite · Wing · WindsurfCourses for all levels in the lagoon and at sea. Kite from 205 euros for three hours, from age 15.
ION Club Risco del PasoSchool · Kite · WindsurfWindsurf and kite lessons with a rescue boat on standby.
ION Club Costa CalmaSchool · Windsurf · Wing · Costa CalmaWindsurf and wing centre in the middle of Costa Calma beach, side-offshore and lighter in the mornings. No kiting here: the municipality does not allow it.

Kit

René EgliRental · Kite · Wing · WindsurfRental for all levels, and a megastore.
ION Club Risco del PasoRental · Kite · WindsurfKite rental from IKO 3 or VDWS 5, after two supervised hours.
ION Club Costa CalmaRental · Windsurf · Wing · Costa CalmaWindsurf and wing rental on Costa Calma beach, with packages that include a wetsuit, harness and helmet. No kite rental: kiting is not allowed here.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch tide notes

Sotavento lagoon
Low—Mid—High—

Tidal: only at certain periods of the month, about four hours of kiting a day at most.

Risco del Paso
Low—Mid—High—

The lagoon reaches about hip height at high tide. Hours per tide state unknown until tide data arrives.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Offshore drift & the tidal lagoon

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

EmergenciesIn an emergency call 112.
Offshore driftThe wind blows side-shore to offshore from the left. A rider who drops a kite or breaks kit drifts out to sea. Ride only where a centre’s rescue boat covers you.
A tidal lagoonThe lagoon is tidal and only there at certain periods of the month, for about four hours of kiting a day at most. Check the tide before riding.
Shore dumpIn strong wind a big shore dump breaks at high tide.
Rental levelIndependent kite rental at Risco del Paso needs IKO level 3 or VDWS level 5 and two supervised hours on the first day.
The tidal lagoon

A sandbank separates the lagoon from the sea. The lagoon is only there at certain periods of the month, reaches about hip height at high tide, and gives about four hours of kiting a day at most. In strong wind a big shore dump breaks at high tide.

Offshore drift and rescue

The wind blows side-shore to offshore from the left, so a rider who drops a kite drifts out to sea. The centres run rescue boats and jet skis, and the spot guides say the rescue is paid. Ride only where a rescue boat covers you. In an emergency call 112.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportFuerteventura (FUE)Aena’s Fuerteventura airport.
Flying with a board bagJet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet, CondorAirlines flying into Fuerteventura (FUE). Each links its own sports-equipment page: check its rules and fees before you book.Wikipedia, Fuerteventura Airport. Checked Oct 2026.
Kit storageRené Egli Center lockable storage boxesThe René Egli Center at Playa Sotavento sells a service package with lockable boxes for private kite gear, rescue and freshwater use; riders need upwind control (IKO level 3K).René Egli Center. Checked Oct 2026.
SeasonMarch to JulyThe months the record shows the most rideable days. It likely reads low; spot guides say May to September.
Getting aroundA carThe beach is about three kilometres south of Costa Calma.
What to pack
LagoonTidal, flat. Hip height at high tide, about four hours of kiting a day at most.BeachSand. A long sand beach. A big shore dump at high tide in strong wind.TideCheck first. The lagoon is only there at certain periods of the month.LaunchFrom a centre. Rescue boats and jet skis run from the centres. Surf shoes help.KitRent with a level. Independent kite rental from IKO 3 or VDWS 5, after two supervised hours.
Kite sizes for August

August has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from ecmwf_ifs at 9 km, cell 2.25 km from the spot, January 2017 to September 2026, 9 to 10 years a month, no station correction.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from the Risco del Paso centre and Kiteguide. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordERA5 over the same window reads 20 to 40 points higher, and the spot guides describe a stronger summer. Treat the shares as a floor until a station check ships.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenChecked on each business’s own website or a named rider source, most recently on 27 September 2026. Price bands only where a price is published.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The lagoon notes come from the Risco del Paso centre.
05Hazards, drift and the lagoonWrittenFrom the centres’ pages and Kiteguide, not surveyed. Emergency number from 1-1-2 Canarias. No rules instrument read.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenAirport from Aena, distance to Costa Calma from ION Club. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 2.3 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over nine to ten years.

What we could not source for Sotavento, Fuerteventura

A wind record that agrees with the centres: this one reads low and needs a station check before the grade. Any rules instrument for the beach or the lagoon licence. A head count of riders by month: the crowd tiers are compiled research. A water quality classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables and per-launch tide windows. Surveyed launch coordinates. A water temperature. Licensed photographs.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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