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Premia de Mar

also known as Platja del Bellamar, Platja de Llevant, Premia de Mar, Premià de Mar, Platja de Bellamar

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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 4 km · Montgat 7 km · Badalona - Platja dels Pescadors 10 km · Platja del Bogatell 17 km · Malgrat de Mar - La Pomareda 39 km · Castelldefels 41 km · Segur de Calafell 71 km · Coma-ruga 79 km · straight-line distance

SeasonApr to Octthe months riders and schools name How windy5 knotsmixed Launchmediumaccess rules on record, below Watersea24°C in summer · 15 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools4named at this spot From the airport70 minBarcelona-El Prat (BCN)

When it fills in

The Garbi is an afternoon thermal that can fill in around midday along this coast; the onset time at Premià itself is unconfirmed.

Premià de Mar is a thinly documented Maresme spot built around the marina beaches. Sand, chop, small to medium waves when the onshore blows harder, and the tide plays no part. Two beaches, two winds: tiny Platja de Bellamar west of the marina takes Levante and its waves, larger Platja de Llevant east of the harbour takes the Garbi.

Bellamar goes gusty because the buildings stand right behind it, and Llevant has rocks in the water. Lessons run here depending on conditions. The unresolved part is summer: kitesurfing is restricted across Catalonia from June to September except in authorised zones, and no Premià zone has been confirmed.

Best months for the region are given as April to October, with nothing specific to this launch.

The wind

locals call it Garbi / Levante

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

fills in: The Garbi is an afternoon thermal that can fill in around midday along this coast; the onset time at Premià itself is unconfirmed.

Typical strength

A sea-breeze coast, not a strong-wind one. Modelled hourly wind at the shore averages around 5 knots the year round, with the summer Garbi peaking near 8 in mid-afternoon; hours at 12 knots or more are a small minority and cluster in the cooler half of the year on Levante and Gregal days rather than in high summer. Indicative model figures for a coastal grid cell with no local station to check them against, and coastal models read low against what a rider gets at the water — but the shape is clear enough: the rideable days here are synoptic, not thermal.

Gusty near the buildings at Bellamar in Levante. Garbi on Llevant is reportedly the cleaner of the two.

The thermal season runs late spring into summer, with Levante and Gregal synoptic days more common outside it. Best months for the Barcelona area are given as April to October; nothing month-specific exists for Premià.

The quiver, in words

Indicative for 75-85 kg and derived from modelled wind, not measured here: big-kite territory most days. 12-15 m for a Garbi afternoon, 9-11 m when a Levante or Gregal day delivers, 7-8 m only in a real blow.A small-kite quiver will spend most of its trip on the sand, and a light-wind board or a foil changes the count of rideable days more than any kite does.

Direction to shore

SW Garbi runs generally side-shore along the Maresme. Levante out of the east is cross to cross-onshore at Bellamar, where the buildings behind the beach make it gusty. West is offshore and not a session.

Dominant direction

SW, E

Forecast

Month by month

Jan15
Feb16
Mar18
Apr, riders' month12
May, riders' month5
Jun, riders' month13
Jul, riders' month13
Aug, riders' month11
Sep, riders' month13
Oct, riders' month27
Nov17
Dec13

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.

15%Jan14°
16%Feb14°
18%Mar14°
12%Apr16°
5%May18°
13%Jun22°
13%Jul26°
11%Aug28°
13%Sep25°
27%Oct22°
17%Nov18°
13%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	15%	21%	18%	8.5 kt	NW	13:00	8.8°C	14.3°C	62
Feb	16%	23%	19%	8.8 kt	SSW	15:00	10.2°C	13.6°C	57
Mar	18%	35%	27%	10.1 kt	SSW	15:00	12.4°C	14.3°C	62
Apr	12%	28%	23%	9.6 kt	SSW	15:00	14.1°C	15.6°C	60
May	5%	16%	10%	8.3 kt	SSW	15:00	17.6°C	18.4°C	62
Jun	13%	25%	22%	9.4 kt	SSW	15:00	22.3°C	22°C	60
Jul	13%	27%	19%	9.8 kt	SSW	15:00	25.2°C	25.5°C	62
Aug	11%	32%	19%	9.7 kt	ESE	15:00	25.8°C	27.5°C	62
Sep	13%	35%	25%	9.6 kt	SSW	16:00	21.6°C	25.3°C	60
Oct	27%	39%	35%	10.4 kt	SSW	16:00	19.3°C	22.1°C	62
Nov	17%	33%	23%	9.2 kt	SW	14:00	14.3°C	18°C	60
Dec	13%	21%	18%	8.1 kt	NW	12:00	10.4°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

Tides

Tide independent.

Temperature

24°C summer · 14°C winter

Wetsuit

Shorts or a rash vest do in high summer; a shorty or light full suit in spring and autumn; a full wetsuit in winter.

Currents

The harbour wall at Bellamar shelters that beach from what would otherwise be a strong current along this stretch of coast. Away from that shelter the current is worth respecting on a Levante day, and no measured figure exists for it.

14–28°C water

Mediterranean sand with chop and small to medium waves. Bellamar, west of the marina, is the Levante wave side; Llevant, east of the harbour, works in Garbi. Stronger onshore wind is what builds the waves.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Rated for any level, but the Bellamar Levante setup is wave-oriented and demanding, so what a beginner can do here depends on the direction of the day.

The scene

What riders come here for

freeridesmall wavesLevante wave sessionsGarbi sessions east of the harbour

An urban Maresme beach under summer pressure from beach users. No reliable count of riders exists.

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: medium

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Vilassar de Mar / Cabrera de Mar, 4 km

Vilassar de Mar / Cabrera de Mar Montgat Badalona - Platja dels Pescadors

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

Rescue

2026: lifeguard and rescue cover on the Premia de Mar beaches is contracted to Marsave, S.L. and runs 15 June to 15 September, 10:00 to 19:00, seven days a week, on Platja de Llevant, Platja de Bellamar and a stretch of Pla de l'Os — the town's three guarded beaches. Outside those dates and outside those hours there is nothing. The council's own instruction in an emergency is to alert the lifeguard or call 112 and not to go in after anyone unless you are trained for water rescue. None of this is kite-specific: the service is there for bathers, in exactly the months when kiting is most restricted.

Launch

Sandy launch by the Premia de Mar marina. Tiny Platja de Bellamar sits west of the marina, where the harbour wall sorts the windswell into sets and shelters the beach from what is otherwise a strong current along this coast; larger Platja de Llevant sits east of the harbour and is where the practical access is.The town has five beaches over 2.5 km of front — Llevant, Bellamar, Pla de l'Os, la Descarrega and Ponent — and only Llevant, Bellamar and part of Pla de l'Os are guarded in summer. Reach the harbour beaches through the tunnel under the railway.

Space

medium

Hazards riders report 15

harbor mole west of the spot
waves with stronger onshore wind
harbour mole west of the spot
rocks in the water at Platja de Llevant
gusts from buildings around Bellamar in Levante
current near the harbour-wall setup
beach users especially in June, July and August
stronger onshore wind can create small to medium waves
gusts off the buildings behind Bellamar in Levante
strong along-coast current away from the shelter of the harbour wall
stronger onshore wind builds small to medium waves
beach users, especially June to August
no lifeguard cover outside 15 June to 15 September, 10:00-19:00, and none at all on the unguarded beaches
jellyfish, which the council treats as a standing summer issue with its own identification and first-aid guidance
sea urchins and weed-covered rock underfoot near the harbour structures

Rules & access

2026: kitesurfing on Catalonia beaches is prohibited or regulated from June to September unless an authorised, marked kite zone exists, and no authorised summer kite zone is confirmed for Premia. No municipal kite rule is published either: the town's beach information runs to lifeguard dates, bathing-water results and bather advice and covers kiteboarding nowhere. Bathers are told to respect the buoyed areas set aside for nautical sports, which implies marked channels somewhere on this front, though none is identified as a kite corridor. Treat the summer months as closed until you see the balisage and a sign that names kitesurfing.

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

Rider tips

Know which beach the session is on: Bellamar west of the marina, Llevant east of it, different hazards and different winds.
Treat Levante days as a wave and current setup rather than a beginner beach.
Verify the summer restriction locally before rigging; June to September is regulated across Catalonia.
Watch the rocks in the water at Platja de Llevant on the way in and out.
Coming from Barcelona by car, use the tunnel under the railway and the N-II to reach the harbour beaches.

Getting there

Airport

Barcelona-El Prat (BCN)

Route

Drive north from Barcelona to Premià de Mar and use the tunnel under the railway/N-II to reach the harbour beaches. By public transport, use Rodalies R1 on the Costa del Maresme corridor and walk from Premià de Mar station/harbour area.

Transfer

70 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Premià de Mar and the Barcelona/Maresme coast have local accommodation; no kite-specific lodging at the spot is listed.

No-wind days

Barcelona city · Maresme beaches · Premià de Mar marina · Costa del Maresme towns

Photos

Un dia rúfol — Isidro Jabato, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

What is the wind like?

Southwest Garbi and east Levante both work; Levante is gustier near the buildings at Bellamar, while Garbi at Llevant is reportedly cleaner.

Is it suitable for beginners?

Levels from beginner to expert are listed, but the wave-oriented Bellamar side is more challenging and direction-dependent.

Are there rules or restricted zones?

Catalonia generally restricts kitesurfing on beaches from June to September to authorised zones, and no Premià-specific zone was confirmed.

What hazards should I know about?

A harbour mole sits west of the spot, rocks lie in the water at Llevant, and stronger onshore wind brings small to medium waves.

Last updated: August 2026