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Benicàssim (Terrers)
also known as Els Terrers, Benicassim, Benicàssim, Benicassim Els Terrers, Platja dels Terrers, Playa Els Terrers
Nearby Playa del Gurugú 7 km · Burriana 23 km · straight-line distance
thermal easterly
11:00 · 12:00 · 14:00 · 16:00 · 19:00 · 21:00
Thermal days run to the standard sea-breeze clock: nothing before late morning, a build from about 11:00-12:00, the peak between 14:00 and 16:00, then a fade from 19:00 and gone by 21:00. Synoptic easterlies ignore that and can blow through the night. Onset taken from modelled hourly wind for this coast, not from a beach station.
The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.
The wind
locals call it Llevant / Garbi / thermal easterly
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: Thermal days run to the standard sea-breeze clock: nothing before late morning, a build from about 11:00-12:00, the peak between 14:00 and 16:00, then a fade from 19:00 and gone by 21:00. Synoptic easterlies ignore that and can blow through the night. Onset taken from modelled hourly wind for this coast, not from a beach station.
Typical strength
Sea-breeze afternoons sit around 8-14 kt. The 15-20 kt days come with a spring or autumn easterly rather than with midsummer: in modelled hourly wind for this stretch of coast only 1-3% of daytime hours reach 12 kt from May to September, against about 17% in March. Indicative, no wind station on the beach.
The quiver, in words
A big-kite beach. For 75-85 kg the summer sea breeze is 12-15 m work, and a light-wind board or a foil turns marginal afternoons into sessions. 9-11 m covers the 15-20 kt spring and autumn easterlies.Anything under 8 m stays in the bag most of the year. Indicative, derived from the wind range and not from measured local sessions.
Direction to shore
onshore to side-onshore on the east-facing beach
Dominant direction
E and SE are the named rideable directions in spot guides, locally Llevant E and Garbi SE
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
riding season from the spot record · no wind series here is trusted enough to name a season
- Jan11
- Feb9
- Mar8
- Apr, riders' month10
- May, riders' month6
- Jun, riders' month2
- Jul, riders' month3
- Aug, riders' month6
- Sep, riders' month7
- Oct10
- Nov10
- Dec11
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
The model is wrong here
The model reads 11% of days at its best month, which does not sit with the season and the wind strength this record states. The figures are kept and drawn as hatching so no wind colour can be read off them, and the ringed months are the ones riders name.
| Month | Windy days | Force 4+ | 12 kn or more | Knots | From | Peaks at | Air | Water | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11% | 24% | 16% | 7.6 kt | NW | 13:00 | 10.2°C | 13.4°C | 62 |
| Feb | 9% | 12% | 11% | 7.1 kt | NW | 13:00 | 11.2°C | 12.9°C | 57 |
| Mar | 8% | 16% | 15% | 7.6 kt | SSE | 15:00 | 13.7°C | 14.7°C | 62 |
| Apr | 10% | 17% | 12% | 8.1 kt | SSE | 14:00 | 15.6°C | 17.3°C | 60 |
| May | 6% | 21% | 16% | 8.7 kt | SE | 14:00 | 19.1°C | 20.3°C | 62 |
| Jun | 2% | 20% | 12% | 8.2 kt | SSE | 15:00 | 23.6°C | 24.1°C | 60 |
| Jul | 3% | 8% | 3% | 7.7 kt | SSE | 14:00 | 26.4°C | 27.6°C | 62 |
| Aug | 6% | 10% | 10% | 8.1 kt | SSE | 15:00 | 27°C | 28.9°C | 62 |
| Sep | 7% | 12% | 8% | 8 kt | S | 15:00 | 22.8°C | 26.2°C | 60 |
| Oct | 10% | 21% | 16% | 8.1 kt | S | 15:00 | 20°C | 23.1°C | 62 |
| Nov | 10% | 10% | 10% | 6.8 kt | NW | 13:00 | 15.4°C | 17.7°C | 60 |
| Dec | 11% | 21% | 18% | 7.5 kt | NW | 13:00 | 11.4°C | 15.4°C | 62 |
riders' months
Riders and schools name these months. The model reads lower here, and both are shown rather than averaged.
Modelled from the operational forecast archive at 1.5–7 km (2023-2024), daylight hours only, not a ground station: it resolves thermal, lake and valley winds far better than coarse reanalysis but still tends to understate a strong local thermal. A windy day has at least three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.
High-resolution weather model (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical forecast archive — best-match operational model (ICON-D2 / AROME / ICON-EU / GFS by region), not a ground station · 2023-2024
The water
Type
chop and small waves
Standing depth
No published figure. The hooked breakwaters box the shore into a chain of shallow bathing coves, so there is standing water inside them, but how far out you can walk and where the bottom drops away is not recorded anywhere.
Tides
Tide independent.
Temperature
27°C summer · 14°C winter
Wetsuit
shorts or shorty in summer; shorty or long legs in spring/autumn; full wetsuit in winter
Currents
The line of breakwaters closes the beach into a run of coves and keeps along-shore current off it. The structures, not the flow, are what you plan around.
Your level
The scene
What riders come here for
Launch and rules
three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you
With a school or a boat
No school names this spot
Nobody has been recorded teaching or running a boat here.
On your own
Room to launch: Medium. Els Terrers runs about 1.7 km but is only about 30 m wide, with a promenade and summer beach services taking part of that.
Somewhere else
Playa del Gurugú, 7 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
Rig on the urban sand only where the beach zoning and the bather density allow, and keep clear of the moles and breakwaters.
Space
Medium. Els Terrers runs about 1.7 km but is only about 30 m wide, with a promenade and summer beach services taking part of that.
Rules & access
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Ask locally exactly where the submerged breakwaters sit before riding close to shore.
- Walk the full 1.7 km of Els Terrers at a quiet hour and mark every mole before you launch.
- Avoid June, July and August: the bathing crowd owns a beach only about 30 m wide.
- Watch E and SE forecasts; nothing else turns this beach on.
- Confirm whether the summer kite restriction is active before you rig on Els Terrers.
- The two buoyed channels are at the east end by the sailing school. Cross them, do not ride them.
- March gives more windy hours than any summer month here. Midsummer afternoons are usually 8-12 kt.
Getting there
Airport
Castellon-Costa Azahar Airport (CDT) or Valencia Airport (VLC)
Route
Benicassim is north of Castellon on the Costa del Azahar. Reach the beach by car or local transport; Valencia is the practical international airport and Castellon-Costa Azahar the nearest one.
Transfer
30 from Castellon-Costa Azahar Airport; about 55-60 from Valencia Airport by car
Cost level
medium
Staying
Resort hotels, apartments, campsites and beach-town accommodation in Benicassim; peak prices and availability pressure around July/August and major music festivals.
No-wind days
Desert de les Palmes natural park · Benicassim seafront promenade · sailing and paddle sports · Castellon city · summer music festivals
Photos
FAQ
Is Els Terrers suitable for beginners?
No, it is listed for intermediate and expert riders, and submerged breakwaters make it unsuitable as a default beginner spot without local supervision.
What is the wind like at Els Terrers?
The rideable winds are E Llevant and SE Garbi, both onshore to side-onshore on this east-facing coast, though no reliable wind statistics are published.
What hazards should I know about at Els Terrers?
Submerged and semi-submerged breakwaters run along the beach, along with busy summer promenade crowds in June, July and August.
Last updated: August 2026