Nearby Playa Barraquetes 7 km · Playa de Motilla 7 km · Kitezone El Perellonet 14 km · Playa del Saler 23 km · Aigua Blanca 33 km · Playa de la Patacona 34 km · Oliva Nova / Cruz Roja 35 km · straight-line distance
Garbi
13:00 · 15:00 · 20:00
The SE Garbi normally sets in between 13:00 and 15:00 and runs to about 20:00 in high summer. Mornings are usually too light to rig.
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 Garbi
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
thermal
fills in: The SE Garbi normally sets in between 13:00 and 15:00 and runs to about 20:00 in high summer. Mornings are usually too light to rig.
Typical strength
15-25 kt once the Garbi is established, with 14-20 kt the everyday working band. 28-30 kt happens but is rare.
The quiver, in words
For a 75-85 kg rider, 9-11 m covers the 15-20 kt Garbi afternoon, 7-8 m handles the days it tops out near 25 kt, and 12-13 m earns its place early in the thermal or in April and October. Indicative rather than a local quiver survey.
Direction to shore
Onshore to side-onshore on the SE Garbi, which is the wind that makes the spot; E and NE also come in onshore. N and S run roughly along this north-south shore. Derived from the coastline orientation rather than from a local measurement.
Dominant direction
N, NE, ENE, E, SE, S
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan19
- Feb14
- Mar16
- Apr, riders' month13
- May, riders' month13
- Jun, riders' month15
- Jul, riders' month8
- Aug, riders' month10
- Sep, riders' month7
- Oct, riders' month16
- Nov17
- 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, Oct.
- 19%Jan14°
- 14%Feb14°
- 16%Mar15°
- 13%Apr18°
- 13%May21°
- 15%Jun24°
- 8%Jul28°
- 10%Aug29°
- 7%Sep26°
- 16%Oct23°
- 17%Nov18°
- 11%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 | 19% | 32% | 29% | 8.3 kt | W | 15:00 | 12°C | 14.1°C | 62 |
| Feb | 14% | 21% | 18% | 8.1 kt | ESE | 16:00 | 12.4°C | 13.8°C | 57 |
| Mar | 16% | 39% | 34% | 10.5 kt | W | 16:00 | 14.8°C | 14.9°C | 62 |
| Apr | 13% | 42% | 25% | 10.1 kt | SE | 17:00 | 16.5°C | 17.5°C | 60 |
| May | 13% | 42% | 24% | 10.5 kt | ESE | 16:00 | 19.7°C | 20.5°C | 62 |
| Jun | 15% | 32% | 17% | 10.1 kt | ESE | 17:00 | 24.3°C | 24.1°C | 60 |
| Jul | 8% | 35% | 15% | 10.4 kt | ESE | 17:00 | 27.1°C | 27.9°C | 62 |
| Aug | 10% | 39% | 19% | 10.2 kt | ESE | 17:00 | 27.8°C | 28.6°C | 62 |
| Sep | 7% | 20% | 15% | 9.1 kt | ESE | 17:00 | 24.1°C | 26.2°C | 60 |
| Oct | 16% | 26% | 21% | 9.3 kt | ESE | 16:00 | 21.3°C | 23.3°C | 62 |
| Nov | 17% | 27% | 25% | 8.7 kt | W | 15:00 | 17.3°C | 18.2°C | 60 |
| Dec | 11% | 18% | 15% | 7.2 kt | W | 14:00 | 13.3°C | 15.8°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
Shallow entry, reportedly; no measured standing-depth area has been published.
Tides
No meaningful tide dependency reported for El Pollo / El Dosser.
Temperature
27°C summer · 14°C winter
Wetsuit
Boardshorts or swimsuit in summer; wetsuit from fall to spring, with a full wetsuit in winter.
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
3 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: Open sandy beach: 1,800 m of El Dosel plus 2,500 m of Mareny de Sant Llorenc, both rated low occupation. Room is not what limits you here; where you are allowed to rig is.
Somewhere else
Playa Barraquetes, 7 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
VHF channel 16
Launch
Riders use the central part of the beach, where it is free of bathers. El Dosel runs 1,800 m long by about 50 m wide, fine golden sand with a dune cordon behind it and no buildings; Mareny de Sant Llorenc to the north is 2,500 m by 45 m and more isolated still.The launch is large at El Pollo and medium with plenty of sand at El Dosser.
Space
Open sandy beach: 1,800 m of El Dosel plus 2,500 m of Mareny de Sant Llorenc, both rated low occupation. Room is not what limits you here; where you are allowed to rig is.
Rules & access
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Look for a marked channel before rigging; if there is none, think twice between June and September.
- Ride the central section and stay well clear of the bathers and of the naturist stretch.
- Bring water and shade. This part of the sand has nothing on it.
- Ask locally about the legal zone in summer rather than assuming the kites already up are legal.
- Plan your own rescue outside the lifeguard season, and do not ride alone here.
- Save 112 and 900 202 202 before you drive down. Outside the bathing season nobody is watching this beach.
- Do not turn up before 08:00 in season: the beach is closed for cleaning from 05:00.
Getting there
Airport
Valencia Airport (VLC), about 50 km from El Dosser.
Route
Drive south from Valencia toward Cullera; El Dosser is north of Torre del Cap / Cullera lighthouse and is accessible by road, with parking reported.
Transfer
40 min
Cost level
medium
Staying
Cullera and nearby coastal villages have hotels, apartments, campsites and restaurants; the beach itself is a natural/low-urbanization section.
No-wind days
Cullera castle · Cullera lighthouse and cape · Albufera Natural Park · rice and seafood restaurants in Cullera
Last updated: August 2026