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Playa del Pudrimel

also known as Pudrimel, Playa El Pudrimel

beginner-friendlylow crowds

On this page

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

Nearby Playa de La Llana 3 km · Pueblo Calido 6 km · Torre Derribada 7 km · Santiago de la Ribera 7 km · Lo Pagán 7 km · Los Narejos 7 km · Gálua 12 km · Isla del Ciervo 12 km · Los Nietos / Lo Pollo 14 km · Amoladeras 15 km · Calblanque 19 km · Playa Els Tossals 40 km · straight-line distance

Seasonno season namedthe months riders and schools name How windy20 ktsynoptic Launchmediumaccess rules on record, below Watersea26.7°C in summer · 7 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools3named at this spot From the airport40 minMurcia International Airport (RMU)

When it fills in

No thermal clock. NE Levante is synoptic and can be in at any hour, so there is no fill-in time to turn up for; the midday-to-sunset thermal riders wait for on the Mar Menor side of the strip does not happen here. Indicative: no measured onset for the beach.

A natural rock groyne holds about 300 m of flatter water on the Mediterranean side of northern La Manga, near Veneziola and Aldeas de Taray, and past the shelter it opens into wave peaks and chop. NE Levante is the setup, side-on, usable through most of the year and softer in summer. Tide is irrelevant here.

The beach runs 1.5 km of fine grey sand, low occupancy, protected landscape. Difficulty is medium rather than easy: if something goes wrong you will be in the water a while, though the side-on wind should eventually put you back on sand.

The free-zone label that stuck to Pudrimel in 2018 does not square with San Javier's 2022 coastal ordinance, which keeps kitesurf and similar craft outside 200 m of the beach and 50 m of rocky coast and requires the marked channels where beaches are buoyed.

Come in spring or autumn; in July and August the groyne shelter is shared with bathers and anchored boats.

The wind

locals call it Levante

Direction

cross-onNE

Kite sizes

567891011121314

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

synoptic

fills in: No thermal clock. NE Levante is synoptic and can be in at any hour, so there is no fill-in time to turn up for; the midday-to-sunset thermal riders wait for on the Mar Menor side of the strip does not happen here. Indicative: no measured onset for the beach.

Typical strength

No local measurement. Across La Manga the wind rarely tops 20 kt in summer, and the 12 m average kite here puts an ordinary NE day in the mid-teens for a 75-85 kg rider, with the 9 m and 7 m days meaning storm strength. Indicative, derived from kite size and a regional figure.

NE works almost all year, softer through summer. Nothing more detailed about the wind is documented.

NE gives usable conditions practically all year, lighter in summer.

The quiver, in words

12 m is the average kite here, with a 9 m or 7 m for stronger storm winds. For a 75-85 kg rider that is the 12 m on an ordinary NE day and the small kites on the days the Levante really blows.

Direction to shore

Side-onshore for the NE setup.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan32
Feb52
Mar60
Apr49
May44
Jun30
Jul28
Aug27
Sep34
Oct30
Nov34
Dec27

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

10Jan15°
11Feb15°
13Mar16°
11Apr18°
11May21°
10Jun25°
10Jul28°
10Aug29°
10Sep26°
10Oct23°
10Nov18°
9Dec16°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	32%	10 kt	NE	12.3°C	14.8°C
Feb	52%	11.3 kt	NE	13.2°C	14.5°C
Mar	60%	12.7 kt	NE	15.1°C	15.6°C
Apr	49%	11.4 kt	NE	16.7°C	17.9°C
May	44%	10.6 kt	NE	19.7°C	20.8°C
Jun	30%	10 kt	ENE	23.8°C	24.5°C
Jul	28%	10 kt	ENE	27.1°C	27.9°C
Aug	27%	10 kt	ENE	27.6°C	28.9°C
Sep	34%	10.3 kt	NE	24.5°C	26°C
Oct	30%	9.8 kt	NE	21.3°C	22.8°C
Nov	34%	9.9 kt	WSW	17.4°C	17.9°C
Dec	27%	9.4 kt	NNE	13.7°C	16°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

Standing depth

The bottom stays under 2 m for the first 200 m out and then starts to drop away. Shallow enough that a foil will not touch, deep enough that over most of it you are swimming rather than standing. Where the line actually is for putting your feet down was not measured by anything found.

Tides

Tide independent.

Temperature

26.7°C summer · 14.5°C winter

Wetsuit

Shorts in summer; shorty or a normal wetsuit in spring and autumn; normal wetsuit in winter.

Currents

The Mediterranean beaches of this side of La Manga are wider, longer, windier and exposed to waves and currents, unlike the lagoon behind the strip. No current pattern measured at Pudrimel itself.

15–29°C water

About 300 m of flatter water behind a natural rock groyne, then wave peaks outside the shelter, with chop and small to medium waves and clear water. Fine grey sand, moderate bathing conditions, and Posidonia oceanica in a protected landscape.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Beginner, intermediate and expert all ride here. Difficulty is medium: a problem can leave you in the water a while, though the side-on wind should eventually bring you back to the beach.

The scene

What riders come here for

freestylesurfkitehydrofoil

Quiet for most of the year at the northern end of La Manga. In summer the bathers and the boats move into the groyne shelter.

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

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: medium

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Playa de La Llana, 3 km

Playa de La Llana Pueblo Calido Torre Derribada

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

Rescue

112 is the emergency number and it is the only safety provision listed for this beach. There is no kite-specific rescue and no lifeguard post recorded here.

Municipal cover works through the beach surveillance service and Protección Civil: on staffed beaches during service hours the lifeguards cover you, and on unstaffed beaches or outside those hours cover only starts once someone calls Protección Civil (2022 ordinance). Posted services on the sand are footwashes, bins, toilets, boardwalks and phones.

Launch

Long, narrow sandy beach near Veneziola and Aldeas de Taray: 1,500 m of fine grey sand averaging 18 m wide, with a natural rock groyne running out perpendicular to the shore. You arrive by car and walk a short way in.Parking near the beach is plentiful except in July and August, and the bus runs the length of Gran Via de La Manga.

Space

medium

Rules & access

San Javier coastal and beach use ordinance, consolidated text of 28 February 2022: kitesurf is named by name among the craft barred from navigating within 200 m of the beach line and 50 m of rocky coast, and that distance holds at all times even with nobody bathing in the adjoining water.

Where a beach is buoyed there are marked launching and beaching channels; swimming inside them is prohibited and craft cross them at reduced speed. Leaving, staying or anchoring craft outside the zones set aside for it is prohibited.

The bathing season is defined as Semana Santa plus 15 June to 15 September, and the mayor may extend or shorten it by reasoned resolution. No buoy plan or channel map is published for Pudrimel itself.

Against all of that, the free-zone label put on Pudrimel in 2018 is still carried in an October 2025 update, and the two have never been reconciled.

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

Rider tips

Ride Pudrimel on NE/Levante days and leave the SW/Lebeche setups to the Mar Menor side.
Park off Gran Via de La Manga around km 16.3-17.2 and walk in; the bus runs the same road.
Rig around a 12 m, and keep a 9 m or 7 m in the car for stronger storms.
Treat the groyne shelter as shared water in summer, because boats anchor inside it.
Expect chop and small to medium waves the moment you leave the shelter.
Look for buoys before you launch: where the beach is buoyed you have to use the marked channel and stay outside the 200 m bathing strip (2022).

Getting there

Airport

Región de Murcia International Airport (RMU); Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) is the larger alternative.

Route

Drive north along La Manga from Cabo de Palos/Playa Honda toward El Oasis and Veneziola; the beach is on the Mediterranean side around km 16.3-17.2 of Gran Via de La Manga.

Transfer

40 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

La Manga has apartments, hotels and holiday residences along the strip, with lower-density development near the northern end.

No-wind days

Mar Menor beaches, Cabo de Palos diving, Cartagena cultural visits, walking or cycling around the northern La Manga/San Pedro salt-flat area.

FAQ

Is Pudrimel suitable for beginners?

It is rated for beginner through advanced riders, though a problem could leave a rider in the water for a while before the side-on wind returns them to shore.

What is the wind like?

NE Levante wind is usable nearly all year at Pudrimel, generally softer in summer.

What is the water like?

A natural rock groyne shelters about 300 m of flat water before the spot opens into wave peaks.

Are there rules or restricted zones?

A 2022 San Javier ordinance keeps kitesurfing and similar craft at least 200 m from the beach or 50 m from rocky coast and requires marked launch channels when beaches are buoyed.

Last updated: August 2026