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Malgrat de Mar - La Pomareda

also known as Malgrat de Mar, Camí de la Pomareda, La Pomareda

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Wind
- Month by month
Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
- Rescue
Hazards
Rules & access
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Nearby Vilassar de Mar / Cabrera de Mar 35 km · Premia de Mar 39 km · straight-line distance

SeasonMar to Septhe months riders and schools name How windy8-30thermal Launchlargeaccess rules on record, below Watersea24°C in summer · 9 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools4named at this spot From the airport40 minGirona-Costa Brava (GRO)

When it fills in

Regional Barcelona Garbi normally builds from around midday into the afternoon; no exact Malgrat onset time found.

La Pomareda is on the north side of Malgrat de Mar, in the industrial and campsite zone rather than on the tourist beach. The sand runs more than 1.5 km and bathers rarely fill it, so it is one of the roomier launches on the Maresme.

Water is chop with small to medium waves, tide-independent, and there is parking and showers. SW Garbi is the direction to want: thermal, 8-20 knots, the cleanest air here, and the reason the March to September months are the ones people ride.

E and SE blow harder and gustier and turn the beach into a wave spot, which is good if that is what you came for and no fun if it is not. The summer rules are the catch.

Restrictions are reported for the bathing months, including July/August weekend limits, and no municipal ordinance text has been located, so the sign at the access is the only thing worth trusting.

The wind

locals call it Garbi

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

thermal

fills in: Regional Barcelona Garbi normally builds from around midday into the afternoon; no exact Malgrat onset time found.

Typical strength

8-30

SW Garbi is the best and usually cleaner direction; SE and E are stronger, gustier and wave-producing.

March to September carries the best wind. The beach can be ridden all year and the broader season runs March to November. It is a tourist-area beach with summer kite restrictions.

Also on record

SW thermal 8-20 knots; E/SE commonly 15-30 knots.

The quiver, in words

Around 12 m is common for twin-tip/hydrofoil in lighter wind; 7-10 m is used in stronger SW Garbi for wave riding or freeride. No separate size data found for E/SE sessions.

Direction to shore

SW is generally side-shore along the Maresme coast; S/SE/E are onshore to cross-onshore; W is offshore to side-offshore.

Dominant direction

E, SE, SW

Forecast

Month by month

Jan24
Feb25
Mar, riders' month44
Apr, riders' month22
May, riders' month10
Jun, riders' month27
Jul, riders' month29
Aug, riders' month15
Sep, riders' month23
Oct39
Nov33
Dec21

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

24%Jan14°
25%Feb14°
44%Mar14°
22%Apr15°
10%May18°
27%Jun22°
29%Jul26°
15%Aug27°
23%Sep25°
39%Oct22°
33%Nov18°
21%Dec16°

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+) · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	From	Peaks at	Air	Water	Readings
Jan	24%	35%	32%	10.2 kt	SW	16:00	8.7°C	14.3°C	62
Feb	25%	35%	30%	10.4 kt	SSW	16:00	10.2°C	13.7°C	57
Mar	44%	52%	47%	12.4 kt	SSW	16:00	12.5°C	14.2°C	62
Apr	22%	43%	33%	10.8 kt	SSW	16:00	14°C	15.4°C	60
May	10%	26%	19%	9.7 kt	SSW	15:00	17.6°C	18.1°C	62
Jun	27%	43%	30%	10.8 kt	SSW	15:00	22.4°C	22°C	60
Jul	29%	48%	39%	11.7 kt	SSW	15:00	25.2°C	25.5°C	62
Aug	15%	37%	26%	10.3 kt	SSW	16:00	25.7°C	27.3°C	62
Sep	23%	38%	32%	10.6 kt	SSW	16:00	21.6°C	25.2°C	60
Oct	39%	58%	45%	12.4 kt	SW	16:00	19.4°C	21.7°C	62
Nov	33%	47%	38%	11.5 kt	SW	16:00	14.4°C	18.1°C	60
Dec	21%	31%	26%	9.3 kt	SW	15:00	10.5°C	15.9°C	62

modelled

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

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

sea

Standing depth

No measured profile has been published. The sea here is tideless, so what you find at the waterline holds all day. The entry is sand with small stones along the shoreline and water shoes are the usual advice for anyone learning; how far out you can stand is unconfirmed.

Tides

Tide independent.

Temperature

24°C summer · 14°C winter

Wetsuit

Shorts in summer; 3/4 or full wetsuit commonly needed from November to May.

14–27°C water

Long sandy Mediterranean beach with chop and small to medium waves. SW or W can produce flat to choppy water; SE and E make it a wave spot and are usually gustier.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Ratings conflict. The wide, obstacle-free beach reads as a learning beach, and the spot also carries an intermediate rating. Beginner suitability depends on the day: light SW Garbi, with supervision.

The scene

What riders come here for

freerideless crowded sessionslessonssmall waveswingfoil

La Pomareda is safe, quiet and not usually crowded with bathers, though Malgrat overall is a tourist area.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

4 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: large

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Vilassar de Mar / Cabrera de Mar, 35 km

Vilassar de Mar / Cabrera de Mar Premia de Mar

Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.

Rescue

The sand at the end of Cami de la Pomareda is the Punta de la Tordera beach, and it gets municipal lifeguard cover late and briefly: 1 July to 31 August in 2026, against 21 June to 13 September at the Malgrat Centre and Astillero beaches. New watchtowers went up across the monitored beaches that season.

None of it is kite-specific, and outside those dates there is nothing - emergencies go to 112.

Launch

Large sandy beach in the industrial and camping area around Cami de la Pomareda, north of Malgrat de Mar. The sand at the end of the track is the Punta de la Tordera beach: 1,045 m long, roughly 30 m wide, golden sand, low occupancy, showers, and an unsupervised car park of 50-100 spaces that is easy to use outside summer.Campsites sit behind it and the beach runs up to the Tordera river mouth and the delta bird reserve.

Space

large

Rules & access

2026: a new municipal beach-use ordinance took effect on 24 July 2026 - smoking banned on every Malgrat beach except beach-bar terraces, recreational fishing banned during the bathing season at la Conca and Punta de la Tordera and allowed only 19:00-08:00 at Malgrat Centre and Astillero, spearfishing banned year round, fines to 1,500 EUR. The municipality's civic ordinance separately bans sport and leisure navigation inside buoyed bathing zones along with any craft moved by sail, motor or oar, requires entries and exits through the marked channels, and refers beach use to the annual Pla de Serveis de Temporada - which is where a kite zone would be set if one exists. Across Catalonia from 1 June to 30 September navigation is restricted to authorised zones, kites are not to be flown outside them, channels are for entry and exit only, 50 m of clearance is asked from swimmers, buoys and boats, and insurance or a federation licence is expected. Rider accounts put the spot as open 1 October to 31 May, with the bathing months closed. No kitesurf-specific article was located in any Malgrat text, so the signage at the access and the local club are the operative answer.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Rider tips

Pick a SW Garbi day for clean freeride or a lesson; 8-20 knots and far less gust than the E.
Park and rig in the industrial and campsite zone off Camí de la Pomareda, not on the central Malgrat beach.
Read the signage at the access before you pump: the summer closure is real and the boundaries are not published.
Take a wave board or a strapless setup for E and SE days, when the sets build and the wind gets punchy.
Bring a 3/4 or full wetsuit from November to May; shorts only cover summer.

Getting there

Airport

Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) or Barcelona-El Prat (BCN)

Route

The spot is in the industrial/camping zone around Camí de la Pomareda, north of Malgrat de Mar. From Barcelona, use the Rodalies R1 Costa del Maresme corridor; airport access from BCN typically uses R2 to Barcelona Sants and a change to R1. Girona Airport has shared coach transfers to Malgrat de Mar.

Transfer

40 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Malgrat de Mar is a tourist resort with hotels, apartments and campsites near the coast; the spot itself is in the industrial/camping area.

No-wind days

Malgrat de Mar beach · Santa Susanna · Blanes · Costa Brava day trips · Barcelona city

Photos

Platja de la Punta de La Tordera — Isidro Jabato, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time?

March to September, when the SW Garbi thermal is most reliable.

What is the wind like?

SW Garbi is the cleanest direction at 8-20 knots; E and SE winds run stronger and gustier, often 15-30 knots, and turn the spot into a wave venue.

Are there rules?

Summer kite restrictions apply in 2026, with July and August weekend kitesurfing forbidden and a southern 3 km area allowed but harder to access.

Is it suitable for beginners?

Some guides call the wide, obstacle-free beach good for learning in lighter SW wind, while others rate it intermediate, so treat beginner use as condition-dependent.

Is there room to launch?

The beach spans over 1.5 km in the industrial and campsite zone north of town and is normally not crowded with bathers.

Last updated: August 2026