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Punta Blanca (Majanicho)

Canary Islands · Corralejo - Fuerteventura · Las Palmas · Majanicho

also known as Playa Punta Blanca

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The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

Apr–Sep

Months riders and schools name

How windy

15-25 kt

Character: trade

Room to launch

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

22 °C in summerSmall to medium waves breaking clean around reef

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Advanced only

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

low crowds · busy July August

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

69 min

When it fills in

The trade builds through the day rather than switching on at an hour: mornings are the lighter part, it fills through late morning and midday, and it is at its strongest in the middle of the afternoon. Island-wide pattern, no local measurement.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

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The spot

Location and geography

Punta Blanca sits on Fuerteventura's north coast between Majanicho and El Cotillo, and you get there by dirt track, not by resort promenade. It is a small white-sand cove, about 200 m of beach set into grey lava, with reef and volcanic rock all around it.

Wind and riding

In summer NE trade wind it runs side-onshore and works for jumping and wave riding; winter brings bigger swell and less regular wind, including SE and calima setups on the north shore. The launch and the landing are the problem, not the riding: rocks leave almost no margin, and that is why it is treated as expert-only.

Access and services

The cove has no services and no rescue post. Wind is best from April to August, with island peak monthly averages around 17 kt in April rising to 24 kt in July, and low season down around 11 kt. Tide advice splits by season, low tide in summer on small northeast swell and high tide in winter, and elsewhere no best tide is given at all.

The claim that a high-tide lagoon here is big enough to run courses is unconfirmed and does not match the rock and reef descriptions of the cove.

The wind

locals call it Alisios / northeast trade winds

Direction

cross-onNE

Direction to shore

cross-on

Kite sizes

4567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

In the April-August trades, with island monthly averages of 17-24 kt, a 75-85 kg rider is on 7-9 m on most days and a 6 m when July and August are at their windiest.A 10-12 m only makes sense in the light autumn and winter weeks, which is also when the swell is biggest and this cove least forgiving.Indicative: derived from island wind averages, with no size report from the cove itself.

Character

trade

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

Peak monthly averages for Fuerteventura as a whole, not measured at the cove: April 17 kt, May 18 kt, June 20 kt, July 24 kt, August 22 kt; September 16 kt; October-January about 11-13 kt.

Typical strength

The cove works in NE at roughly 15-25 kt. Island monthly averages run 17-24 kt from April to August, about 15 kt in February and March, and 11-16 kt in the low season. Neither figure is measured at Punta Blanca.

Trade-wind spot that works with NE in summer, side-onshore, and it rewards jumping and wave riding. Winter sessions happen on bigger swell and less regular wind, including SE or calima/east setups on the north shore.

Summer NE trades bring side-onshore wind and wind swell. Punta Blanca is sailed through the winter on big waves, and the usual call is small swell and low tide in summer, high tide in winter. The most reliable wind runs April to August, or April to September, with July-August strongest and busiest.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

Jan83
Feb92
Mar92
Apr, riders' month94
May, riders' month96
Jun, riders' month93
Jul, riders' month99
Aug, riders' month100
Sep, riders' month90
Oct80
Nov74
Dec76

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

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

15 ktJan20°
16 ktFeb19°
16 ktMar20°
16 ktApr20°
16 ktMay21°
16 ktJun22°
17 ktJul23°
17 ktAug23°
15 ktSep23°
14 ktOct24°
14 ktNov23°
14 ktDec21°

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

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.

Every figure, month by monthForce 4+ · Knots · Wind from · Air · Water

Month	Force 4+	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	83%	14.8 kt	ESE	19 °C	20.3 °C
Feb	92%	15.8 kt	NNE	18.8 °C	19.4 °C
Mar	92%	15.6 kt	NNE	18.8 °C	19.6 °C
Apr	94%	15.7 kt	N	19.8 °C	20.1 °C
May	96%	16 kt	N	20.6 °C	20.7 °C
Jun	93%	15.9 kt	N	21.9 °C	22.2 °C
Jul	99%	17.4 kt	NNE	23.1 °C	22.6 °C
Aug	100%	16.9 kt	NNE	24 °C	23.3 °C
Sep	90%	15.2 kt	NNE	23.5 °C	23.1 °C
Oct	80%	13.9 kt	NNE	23.5 °C	23.6 °C
Nov	74%	13.5 kt	NE	22.2 °C	22.5 °C
Dec	76%	13.9 kt	E	19.9 °C	21.3 °C

How this is modelledmodelled · 2022-2024

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

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

mixed

Standing depth

Unconfirmed. A shallow high-tide lagoon suitable for beginners is claimed for this cove, and the reef-break descriptions contradict it.

Tides

Spot-specific sources disagree: low tide with small northeast swell in summer and high tide in winter, against no best-tide information at all elsewhere.The 'high-tide lagoon large enough for courses' that turns up in overview material is not confirmed at Punta Blanca; the cove is a rock and reef break with no flat-water teaching zone, so that line probably belongs to a different, better-known Fuerteventura lagoon.

Temperature

22 °C summer · 19 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 19–24 °C

Wetsuit

Shorty or 2 mm in summer; 3/2 mm full suit or shorty in winter depending on session length and wind chill.

Currents

Reportedly strong currents around the reef, and nobody to pull you out of one. Unmeasured, and to be assumed worse on the bigger winter swell.

Conditions

Small to medium waves breaking clean around reef. The cove is 200 m of white sand sheltered from the bigger swell and ringed by grey lava, and volcanic rock and reef, rather than flat water, set the terms of a session.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

not for beginners herenot for intermediates here

Explicitly called expert-only because rocks and reef leave no practical launch/landing margin; this overrides the seed beginner-course lagoon description unless a local school confirms a separate protected lesson zone nearby.

The scene

What riders come here for

wave ridingjumpingnorth-shore explorationuncrowded advanced sessions

A remote north-shore wave spot ridden by experienced kiters, windsurfers and surfers. Less known and emptier than the school beaches, though the whole island gets busy in July and August.

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: ok

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

3 spots nearby

All 3 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

No lifeguard, no rescue post and no danger signage at Punta Blanca, and the cove has no services of any kind. A Corralejo centre sells a rescue-cover subscription to private kiters, but ask whether it reaches the north-shore spots before you count on it. Emergency number is 112.

Launch

Medium sandy point and cove, ringed by reef and volcanic rock. Launch and landing are compromised by rocks on every side.

Hazards riders report 10 reported

Wind

wind can drop on calima/east-wind north-shore days, creating a swim risk

Bottom

reef breaks
volcanic rocks at launch and in the water

Waves and currents

winter swell can be large
Strong currents around the reef, reported but not measured

Protected areas and rules

volcanic rock sections outside the lagoon

Other

remote location with limited facilities
no lifeguard or rescue post reported at the cove
remote dirt-road access and limited facilities
No danger signage and no rescue post anywhere on the cove

Rules & access

1 min read

2025: La Oliva requires a municipal authorization (titulo habilitante) for commercial kite-school activity on its beaches, and police shut down kitesurfing at nearby El Marrajo under the municipal beach-use ordinance. Nothing from 2026 confirms a Punta Blanca kite zone, a seasonal kite ban, or a permit requirement for private riders.

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

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

Read tide, swell and wind together; the best tide flips with the season here.
Come by car: it is about 3 km of dirt track from Majanicho on the left-hand fork, and no bus reaches the beach.
Do not make this your first Fuerteventura session unless a local has confirmed the entry, the exit and the current state of the reef.
Carry water, tools and a self-rescue plan; there are no services and no rescue post at the cove.
Ask a north-shore school or an experienced local whether kiting is currently tolerated here under La Oliva's beach rules.
Check the forecast for Punta Blanca or Majanicho, then look at the water; the wind and swell windows on this coast are local and tide-sensitive.

Getting there

Airport

Fuerteventura Airport (FUE / El Matorral)

Route

By car from Corralejo, El Cotillo, or Majanicho using the north-shore dirt tracks. Punta Blanca is about 3 km from Majanicho by the left-hand dirt track, in the northwest corner of the island east of the lighthouse. Public transport is practical only to the Corralejo/El Cotillo/Lajares corridors, not directly to the beach.

Transfer

69 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Base in Corralejo, El Cotillo, Lajares, or Majanicho/Origo Mare-style self-catering resort accommodation; car hire is strongly recommended for this specific spot.

No-wind days

surfing the north shore · SUP · wakeboarding through kite camps · wing foiling · Calderon Hondo volcano walk · El Cotillo and Corralejo day trips · Lobos island excursion

Photos

FAQ

Is it suitable for beginners?

No, it is considered expert-only, since rocks and reef leave little margin for launching and landing.

What is the wind like?

Northeast trade winds, typically 17-24 knots at their peak from April to August, with a side-onshore direction.

What hazards should I know about?

Volcanic rocks and reef surround the cove, and no lifeguard or rescue post is reported at the beach.

How do I get there?

It is reached by dirt track, about 3 km from Majanicho, so a car is strongly recommended.

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Last updated: August 2026