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Andalucía mediterránea · El Ejido / Roquetas de Mar, Almería · Almerimar / Roquetas de Mar

Punta Entinas-Sabinar

also known as Punta Entinas, Punta de las Entinas, Playa de Punta Entinas

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On this page

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

Nearby Almerimar 6 km · Las Salinas 15 km · El Zapillo 28 km · Playa de Costacabana 34 km · Retamar 39 km · straight-line distance

SeasonJun to Septhe months riders and schools name How windy7 ktmixed Launchlargeaccess rules on record, below Watersea25.3°C in summer · 9 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools5named at this spot From the airport45 minAlmería Airport (LEI)

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Punta Entinas-Sabinar is a teaching beach on the Almeria coast, between Almerimar and Roquetas de Mar, inside a protected paraje natural of dunes, wetlands and bird habitat. Courses run there daily from June to September, built around levante, and the wind arrives with nothing upwind to break it. There is a lot of open sand, so rigging has margin.

The catch is access and depth. Vehicles are not allowed on the beach, and the water off it is called deep and calm, which sits badly with the flat-water beginner picture.

No municipal or park document was found that authorises or bans kitesurfing at the exact launch, so permission is unconfirmed and worth asking about locally before you unroll lines in a reserve.

Wind statistics for the beach itself do not exist publicly; the nearest station, Almerimar, gives a 7 kts annual average from old 2012-2017 observations, which tells you little about a levante afternoon. Go with a school or someone who knows where the reserve boundaries fall.

The wind

locals call it Levante

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

Typical strength

Nothing is measured at this beach. The Almerimar station, 2012 to 2017, averages about 7 kt over the year with SW the commonest direction, which is a marina reading rather than a levante afternoon. No strength distribution for the levante days the courses are built around has been published.

Reportedly clean wind, with no obstacles upwind of the beach.

Teaching runs daily from June to September in Almeria, with the kite program built around levante. Month-by-month wind figures for Punta Entinas itself do not exist publicly.

Also on record

7 kts annual average at the nearby Almerimar station, from old 2012-2017 observations. Indicative only.

The quiver, in words

No local quiver has been recorded. Indicative only, for a 75-85 kg rider on a working levante: 9-12 m, with a 7 m for the days strong enough that schools move round to Las Salinas. On the light days that the annual 7 kt average implies, nothing flies.

Direction to shore

The strand runs west-southwest to east-northeast and faces roughly south-southeast, so the levante easterly comes in side-on along the beach and a poniente westerly blows from behind the dunes, cross-offshore. Derived from the coastline, not from a beach survey.

Dominant direction

Levante. SE days go to Cabo de Gata instead, and very strong days to Las Salinas.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan54
Feb65
Mar71
Apr62
May68
Jun, riders' month72
Jul, riders' month44
Aug, riders' month65
Sep, riders' month71
Oct62
Nov48
Dec37

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

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

13Jan16°
15Feb16°
16Mar16°
14Apr18°
14May19°
14Jun22°
12Jul26°
13Aug28°
14Sep25°
14Oct21°
12Nov18°
11Dec17°

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

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	54%	12.8 kt	ENE	14°C	15.7°C
Feb	65%	14.6 kt	E	15°C	15.5°C
Mar	71%	15.7 kt	WSW	16.3°C	15.7°C
Apr	62%	14.2 kt	WSW	18°C	17.7°C
May	68%	13.9 kt	WSW	20.7°C	19.2°C
Jun	72%	14.4 kt	WSW	24.3°C	21.6°C
Jul	44%	11.6 kt	ESE	27.1°C	25.6°C
Aug	65%	12.8 kt	E	28.1°C	27.8°C
Sep	71%	13.9 kt	WSW	24.7°C	25°C
Oct	62%	13.5 kt	E	22°C	20.7°C
Nov	48%	11.9 kt	WSW	18.2°C	17.9°C
Dec	37%	10.8 kt	W	15.2°C	16.7°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

Deep and calm water off a fine-sand beach: no wadeable shelf, bank or lagoon has been documented here, so assume you are swimming as soon as you are past the shorebreak. That sits badly against the flat-water label this beach also carries, and it is the single thing worth asking about before booking a first course.

Tides

Barely a tide. Almeria runs highs near 0.28 m and lows near 0.06 m, a range of roughly 20-25 cm, so the shoreline hardly moves and nothing about the launch changes with the hour.

Temperature

25.3°C summer · 14.8°C winter

Wetsuit

Neoprene comes with the lesson kit. Summer is warm and winter needs a full suit, going by Roquetas de Mar water temperatures.

16–28°C water

Flat water, reportedly. The same beach is also called deep and calm, which leaves the standing depth unresolved for beginner use.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Initiation, autonomy and single-session coaching are sold here, IKO method, with instructor supervision. Independent beginner suitability is unconfirmed: public tourism material calls the beach deep.

The scene

What riders come here for

lessonsflat waterfreerideremote beach riding

A remote reserve beach worked by school vans. No fixed kite club scene is documented.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

5 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: large

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Almerimar, 6 km

Almerimar Las Salinas El Zapillo

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

Rescue

The beach carries no seasonal services, which means no lifeguard post and no rescue cover for an independent rider; the emergency number is 112. Lessons come with activity insurance and transfers, and going out with the school van is the practical cover on an eleven-kilometre stretch of empty coast.

Launch

Open sandy beach inside the natural reserve, worked by mobile school operations. Plenty of sand to rig with margin.

Space

large

Rules & access

The launch sits inside the Paraje Natural Punta Entinas-Sabinar, 1,971.72 hectares across El Ejido and Roquetas de Mar, declared a paraje natural and ZEPA in 1989 and a ZEC in 2017, with a stricter reserva natural inside it where any activity liable to alter the natural systems is prohibited unless specifically authorised.

On the beach the published bans are vehicle access and dogs (2026). No park or municipal text was found that either authorises or forbids kitesurfing at the launch itself, so ask before you rig and stay out of the reserve core.

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

Rider tips

Ask locally before you rig; the launch is inside a protected reserve and the permitted area is not publicly documented.
Do not drive onto the beach, vehicle access is prohibited. Park outside and carry the gear in.
Take a school or a local for the first session: no public rescue cover for independent riders is published here.
Aim for June to September, when the courses run daily and the levante is working.
On an SE day go to Cabo de Gata, and on a very strong day to Las Salinas.
Do not drive onto the beach, vehicle access is prohibited, and dogs are not allowed either. Park outside and carry the gear in.
Take a school or a local for the first session: the beach has no seasonal services, which means no lifeguard and no rescue cover.
Ask about depth before booking a first course: this water is graded deep and calm, not shallow.

Getting there

Airport

Almería Airport (LEI)

Route

The beach lies between El Ejido/Almerimar and Roquetas de Mar, inside the Punta Entinas-Sabinar protected coastal area. Students drive to it while the school brings the van and the kites; vehicles are not allowed onto the beach itself.

Transfer

45 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Almerimar, Roquetas de Mar, Playa Serena or Aguadulce.

No-wind days

Punta Entinas-Sabinar interpretation centre, coastal walking, birdwatching, the Roquetas and Almerimar beaches, and SUP, sailing or kayak from the Aguadulce base.

Photos

Visita a Punta Entinas-Sabinar 20201107 01 — Ismael Olea, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

Is it suitable for beginners?

Yes, schools run initiation and coaching for all levels here, using open sand and clean levante wind.

When is the best time?

Teaching runs daily from June to September, built around the levante wind.

Are there rules or restricted zones?

The beach sits inside a protected natural reserve with no vehicle access; no official kite-specific rule was found.

Are there kite schools or rental?

Yes, AWA Watersports and Kite Paradise both operate at the spot.

Last updated: August 2026