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Son Serra de Marina

also known as Platja de Son Serra de Marina, S'Estanyol

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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 Alcudia Bay 15 km · Pollensa Bay 21 km · straight-line distance

Seasonno season namedthe months riders and schools name How windy9 knotssynoptic LaunchBig. The village section runs about 450 m long and up to 130 m wide, with free parking a few metres off the sand. The sand carries on east toward S'Estanyol, where it narrows and the shoreline turns stony.access rules on record, below Watersea24.9°C in summer · 12 things riders flag LevelIntermediate to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools2named at this spot From the airport55 minPalma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)

When it fills in

The summer NE thermal is a daytime wind: it builds through the late morning, holds strongest from early afternoon until around sunset, then drops away. The N and NW gradient days that make the waves are synoptic and run through the night as well. Indicative, from the hourly wind record rather than a beach measurement.

Son Serra de Marina is north Mallorca's wave option on the Bay of Alcudia, and it is a regulated one. The normal water state is Mediterranean chop; when strong northerly wind, Tramuntana or otherwise, reaches the bay it turns into waves, and the S'Estanyol section breaks over rock and can run as a powerful point break.

N to NE is the most constant wind. West is slightly side-offshore and gusty, and east sits in a wind shadow.

There is beach room, but not where you first arrive: the lifeguarded village section is neither a legal nor a practical launch, because Spanish rules keep kites outside the 200 m bathing zone and want a buoyed access channel, and there is none there.

Rock under the wave zone and summer beach users are why this reads intermediate to advanced rather than beginner. Nobody has published a usable wind range or kite sizes for the spot.

The wind

locals call it Tramuntana

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

7891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

synoptic

fills in: The summer NE thermal is a daytime wind: it builds through the late morning, holds strongest from early afternoon until around sunset, then drops away. The N and NW gradient days that make the waves are synoptic and run through the night as well. Indicative, from the hourly wind record rather than a beach measurement.

Typical strength

No station on this beach and no published range for the spot. The nearest bay station averaged 9 knots with 12-knot gusts, mostly from the north, over 2013-2018 before it stopped reporting; that is a bay-wide annual figure and sits well below what the wave setup needs. Indicative and regional.

Most constant from N to NE. Gusty from W and E.

A north-Mallorca wave option whenever strong northerly wind reaches the bay; no best-month list is published.

The quiver, in words

Reportedly 12-16 m for the light summer thermals and 9-12 m once the winter northerlies fill in. For a 75-85 kg rider that reads as a 12 m as the summer workhorse and a 9 m for a proper north-sector day. Indicative, no local kit survey.

Direction to shore

On the north-facing Alcudia Bay shore, northerly wind is onshore to side-onshore; west is slightly side-offshore and gusty.

Dominant direction

NW through N to NE; west is side-offshore and gusty, and east is gusty too from the wind shadows around Alcudia Bay.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan47
Feb48
Mar60
Apr58
May43
Jun36
Jul29
Aug34
Sep38
Oct31
Nov50
Dec34

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

12Jan15°
12Feb15°
13Mar15°
12Apr17°
11May19°
10Jun23°
10Jul27°
10Aug28°
10Sep26°
10Oct24°
12Nov20°
10Dec18°

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

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	47%	11.6 kt	SW	11.4°C	15.4°C
Feb	48%	11.8 kt	N	12°C	14.5°C
Mar	60%	12.9 kt	SW	14.1°C	15°C
Apr	58%	12.3 kt	NNE	15.8°C	16.8°C
May	43%	11 kt	NNE	19.6°C	19.4°C
Jun	36%	10.3 kt	NNE	24.5°C	23.1°C
Jul	29%	10.3 kt	NE	27.7°C	26.5°C
Aug	34%	10 kt	SE	27.4°C	27.7°C
Sep	38%	10.3 kt	SW	23.8°C	26.4°C
Oct	31%	10.1 kt	WSW	21.4°C	24.2°C
Nov	50%	11.8 kt	SW	16.9°C	20.4°C
Dec	34%	10.3 kt	SW	13.1°C	17.5°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

A sand-and-rock bottom that stays shallow a good way out over much of the beach, so there is standing depth on the flatter sections. Stones underfoot make boots or old shoes worth packing. No measured depth is published, and the S'Estanyol section breaks over rock rather than anything you would stand on.

Tides

Kitesurfing conditions are reported as not tide-dependent.

Temperature

24.9°C summer · 15.1°C winter

Wetsuit

Summer can be shorts, shorty or very light neoprene; winter normally needs a full wetsuit.

15–28°C water

Mediterranean chop is the normal state; north wind builds proper waves. The S'Estanyol wave zone breaks over a rocky bottom and can work as a powerful point break.

Your level

not for beginners hereintermediateadvanced

Wave riding, rock under the wave zone, summer beach users and the access rules put this with independent intermediate and advanced riders. A blanket any-level rating also circulates for the beach, unconfirmed and hard to square with the rock.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavessurf kitefreeride in chop

Natural beach feel with few sunbathers outside summer; the village and lifeguard section is still not a practical kite launch.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

2 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: Big. The village section runs about 450 m long and up to 130 m wide, with free parking a few metres off the sand. The sand carries on east toward S'Estanyol, where it narrows and the shoreline turns stony.

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Alcudia Bay, 15 km

Alcudia Bay Pollensa Bay

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

Rescue

No dedicated kite rescue is documented. Beach surveillance is seasonal and covers only the village-adjacent section; the eastern S'Estanyol area, where the wave and kite zone is used, has none, and there is no boat cover.

Launch

Wide sandy beach at Son Serra de Marina. The practical kiting is away from the lifeguarded village section, down toward the emptier sand and the S'Estanyol end.

Space

Big. The village section runs about 450 m long and up to 130 m wide, with free parking a few metres off the sand. The sand carries on east toward S'Estanyol, where it narrows and the shoreline turns stony.

Rules & access

Spanish coastal navigation rules from 2017/2018 keep kitesurfing outside the 200 m bathing zone and require access through a legal buoyed channel at low speed; the lifeguarded Son Serra village beach has no kite channel, so police may be called there.

Checked again for 2026, the 200 m bathing-zone limit and the obligation to use buoyed access channels where they exist both stand. Also as of 2026, no buoyed kite channel is documented near the S'Estanyol wave zone either, so riders there fall back on the general 200 m open-water rule.

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

Rider tips

Check the beach setup on the day; do not assume the lifeguarded village beach has a kite access channel.
Use the emptier end only when wind direction, beach users and legal access all line up.
Treat S'Estanyol as a wave spot with rock under the break, never a learning area.
Plan on a north-sector day: N to NE is the constant wind, W and E are the gusty ones.
Pack a full suit for winter water near 15.1 C; summer runs about 24.9 C and a shorty or shorts will do.

Getting there

Airport

Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)

Route

By road from Palma airport across Mallorca to Son Serra de Marina. Public transport and private transfers exist, but with kite gear the car is the practical option.

Transfer

55 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Small coastal settlement with apartments/villas and nearby Can Picafort/Colonia de Sant Pere options; hotel development at the beach itself is limited.

No-wind days

Beach walks out to the quieter naturist stretches, restaurants by the sea, Can Picafort, Alcudia and its history, the Son Real archaeology, horse riding and general water sports.

Photos

Platja de Son Serra de Marina 04 — Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

Is Son Serra de Marina suitable for beginners?

No. Wave use, a rocky bottom in the S'Estanyol wave zone, summer beach users and legal access constraints make it more suitable for independent intermediate and advanced riders.

What is the wind like at Son Serra de Marina?

NW to N to NE is the most constant setup. West wind is slightly side-offshore and gusty, and east can also be gusty due to wind shadows in Alcudia Bay.

Are there rules or restricted zones at Son Serra de Marina?

Spanish coastal navigation rules require kitesurfing outside the 200 m bathing zone through a legal buoyed channel at low speed. The lifeguarded Son Serra village beach has no kite channel, and local sources note police may be called there.

What hazards should riders watch for at Son Serra de Marina?

A rocky seabed under the S'Estanyol wave zone, lifeguarded and swimming areas near the village, and gusty west and east wind shadows are the main hazards.

Are there kite schools near Son Serra de Marina?

Mallorca Kite School, Kitesurfing Mallorca and Cuatro Vientos Mallorca serve the area.

Last updated: August 2026