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Andalucía mediterránea · Roquetas de Mar, Almería · Roquetas de Mar
Las Salinas
also known as Playa de las Salinas, Roquetas de Mar
Nearby El Zapillo 14 km · Punta Entinas-Sabinar 15 km · Almerimar 19 km · Playa de Costacabana 20 km · Retamar 26 km · Playa de Cabo de Gata 36 km · straight-line distance
Levante and Poniente
10:00 · 15:00 · 17:00 · 19:00 · 22:00
A daily sea-breeze cycle sits under whatever synoptic wind is running. Averaged over the year the modelled wind holds around 4.4 knots through the night, starts lifting near 10:00, is past the night value by midday and peaks around 8.5 knots between 15:00 and 17:00, then drops from 19:00 and is back to the night level by 22:00. A real Levante or Poniente day overrides that and blows through. Modelled reanalysis at the coordinate, no local anemometer record.
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 Levante / Poniente
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
synoptic
fills in: A daily sea-breeze cycle sits under whatever synoptic wind is running. Averaged over the year the modelled wind holds around 4.4 knots through the night, starts lifting near 10:00, is past the night value by midday and peaks around 8.5 knots between 15:00 and 17:00, then drops from 19:00 and is back to the night level by 22:00. A real Levante or Poniente day overrides that and blows through. Modelled reanalysis at the coordinate, no local anemometer record.
Typical strength
18-35 kt when Almeria is blowing hard; 3-5 Bft is the band given for Roquetas de Mar.
The quiver, in words
School stock across the Almeria area runs 6 m to 14 m; no spot-specific rider-weight recommendation was found.
Direction to shore
The shoreline here runs northeast to southwest, so the beach looks out east-southeast. Levante off the sea arrives cross-onshore, about 30 degrees off square to the sand, which is the safe case.Poniente is the other story: a southwest Poniente comes across the beach, and a due-west one comes off the land, which is where the flat water comes from and why that direction wants a plan for getting back. Worked out from the mapped coastline orientation, not from a rider's report.
Dominant direction
W/SW (Poniente) is the more consistently favoured kitesurf wind at Las Salinas. E (Levante) also blows here, but it is less liked locally.
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan33
- Feb46
- Mar52
- Apr42
- May43
- Jun50
- Jul30
- Aug34
- Sep53
- Oct33
- Nov23
- Dec14
per cent of the month at force 4 or more
- 10Jan16°
- 11Feb15°
- 12Mar16°
- 11Apr18°
- 11May20°
- 11Jun23°
- 9Jul27°
- 10Aug29°
- 11Sep26°
- 10Oct21°
- 9Nov18°
- 8Dec17°
avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted
| Month | Force 4+ | Knots | From | Air | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33% | 9.5 kt | NE | 13.7°C | 15.5°C |
| Feb | 46% | 10.5 kt | WSW | 14.6°C | 15.4°C |
| Mar | 52% | 11.7 kt | WSW | 16.2°C | 15.9°C |
| Apr | 42% | 11 kt | WSW | 18.2°C | 18.1°C |
| May | 43% | 10.7 kt | SW | 21.2°C | 19.8°C |
| Jun | 50% | 11.1 kt | WSW | 25.4°C | 22.5°C |
| Jul | 30% | 8.8 kt | ESE | 28.3°C | 26.5°C |
| Aug | 34% | 9.9 kt | E | 28.9°C | 28.5°C |
| Sep | 53% | 11 kt | WSW | 25.1°C | 25.6°C |
| Oct | 33% | 10.2 kt | WSW | 22.2°C | 20.8°C |
| Nov | 23% | 8.8 kt | WSW | 18.2°C | 17.9°C |
| Dec | 14% | 8.4 kt | WSW | 14.8°C | 16.6°C |
modelled
A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.
Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds. 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.
ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024
The water
Type
sea
Tides
Kiting conditions here do not depend on tide.
Temperature
25°C summer · 15°C winter
Wetsuit
Long wetsuit in winter, shorty or shorts in summer, shorty for the rest of the year.
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
6 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: big
Somewhere else
El Zapillo, 14 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
Beach launch on Playa de las Salinas at Roquetas de Mar, an urban beach 1,330 m long named after the old San Rafael salt pans, with open sand and room to lay out lines on the Punta Entinas side. The lifeguard tower and two live beach cameras sit at the Avenida Union Europea access.
Space
big
Rules & access
- 2026: Roquetas de Mar and Playa de las Salinas are reported closed to kitesurfing from 15 June to 15 September, the same dates given for El Zapillo in Almeria city and for Almerimar. That closure does not appear on the municipality's own Las Salinas beach page, which presents the beach as suited to every kind of nautical sport and publishes no kite restriction, and no municipal ordinance text setting the dates was found. Treat the summer closure as real and confirm the beach access and any nautical channel locally before rigging.
- 2026: a municipal lifeguard tower on the beach is listed as staffed daily 12:00-20:00 through the school holidays.
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Check the exact beach access and any nautical channel before you rig in the bathing season; from 15 June to 15 September the default answer is no.
- Treat the Levante versus Poniente advice as unsettled and ask a school or a local rider on the morning.
- Pack for strong wind: school stock across Almeria runs 6 m to 14 m, and Las Salinas is where people go when it is honking.
- Come in spring or autumn: spring suits experienced riders around Roquetas, and autumn mixes west and east days.
Getting there
Airport
Almeria Airport (LEI)
Route
Drive west from Almeria to Roquetas de Mar; Almeria airport is the nearest.
Transfer
31 min
Staying
Roquetas de Mar is a developed beach municipality with plenty of tourist accommodation; kite-specific lodging is unconfirmed.
No-wind days
Kayaking and the other Cabo de Gata and Roquetas outdoor options, plus the urban beach services in Roquetas itself.
Photos
FAQ
Are there rules or restricted dates?
Kitesurfing is banned at Playa de las Salinas from 15 June to 15 September 2026, in line with Almeria's summer bathing-season restrictions.
Is it suitable for beginners?
Independent beginner suitability is uncertain; the area is generally rated intermediate to advanced, though initiation courses have been held there in the past.
What is the wind like?
Wind in the area often blows all day, and riders move to Las Salinas specifically when it gets very strong, with windy days reaching 18-35 knots.
Is there room to launch?
The beach offers open sand with plenty of room to rig near the Punta Entinas/Las Salinas teaching area.
Last updated: August 2026