Some general info: Fuerte´s north shore probably offers the highest amount of days with wind and waves of all Canary Islands, varying between 150 and 190 wave sailing days per year. And about 70% of those days are cross to cross off shore conditions. Average amount of wavesailing days per month through the year:
Both tacks are sailed, on average 50/50. Jumping spots are: Punta Blanca (starboard tack), Rocky Point (both tacks) Flag beach, Puerto Lajas and Sotavento (all port tack). Cross to cross off shore riding: Cotillo, Majanicho, Lobos (all starboard tack) and La Caleta, Bristol, Flag beach, Glass beach, Puerto Lajas (all port tack) and Rocky Point and Hierro (both tacks)
Best ground swell (W to N directions, hardly useable for the other Canary Islands): from october till april
Summer (wind) swell (NNE to NE direction): april till august. (Summer waves are usually 50 to 100% bigger as other Canary Islands, both from swell size as bottom shape)
Best wind consistency: from january till august, with the highest average wind days around march/april and july.
Most variety of good/excellent conditions: january till april.
N-NE wind directions are stronger as predicted at Sotavento
SWerlies are stronger as predicted on the North Shore
Some general info: Fuerte´s north shore probably offers the highest amount of days with wind AND waves of all Canary Islands, varying between 150 and 190 wave sailing days per year. And about 70% of those days are side shore conditions. Average amount of wavesailing days per month through the year:
Both tacks are sailed, on average 50/50. Jumping spots are: Punta Blanca (starboard tack), Rocky Point (both tacks) Flag beach, Puerto Lajas and Sotavento (all port tack). Cross to cross off shore riding: Cotillo, Majanicho, Lobos (all starboard tack) and La Caleta, Bristol, Flag beach, Glass beach, Puerto Lajas (all port tack) and Rocky Point and Hierro (both tacks)
Best ground swell (W to N directions, hardly useable for the other Canary Islands): from october till april
Summer (wind) swell (NNE to NE direction): april till august. (Summer waves are usually 50 to 100% bigger as other Canary Islands, both from swell size as bottom shape)
Best wind consistency: from january till august, with the highest average wind days around march/april and july.
Most variety of good/excellent conditions: january till april.
N-NE wind directions are stronger as predicted at Sotavento
SWerlies are stronger as predicted on the North Shore
About 3kms off shore of Flag beach lies the uninhabited Island of Lobos with its characteristic vulcano. Directly across from Flag Beach is a beautiful Laguna "La Concha"-the Shell, with a reef at the entrance.
Cotillo is the beach south of Cotillo village. It works in a NNE-NE trade wind direction or ocasionally also in SSW. With a NW to W swell the wave is a very powerfull beach/shore break....
