Kite Surfing Fuerteventura - Flag Beach, Corralejo
21 December 2006 dans Kite Surfing Canary Islands
Kite Surfing Fuerteventura - Flag Beach, Corralejo
We Drove up the coastal road (there’s only 1) until we arrived in the sand dunes (now they are impressive!). Just after passing some hotels we arrived at Flag Beach you can’t miss it as there were about 20 kites on the water and it looked really good.
We hired a car to be able to travel around the island but at the end of the day we kited most days at Flag Beach as Cotillo was very gusty on the inside and not a lot of room to launch the kite and Sotavento offshore force 8!!
Where to stay 1 bed apts booked through Flag Beach, it’s on there website called Casa Quemada (?) it was 45 Euros/day and they had storage facilties and internet connection. They were a good place ot stay to get into town we didn’t have to take the car as most bars, restaurants etc were only 5-10 min away.
Restaurants and places to go to Try Corky’s bar for surf videos, for cheap booze Booze and Tatoos and then Waikiki for night life.
Avendia was a good restaurant as well as the Mexican Pancho Villa (both close to the apts!)
Other activities are available for the family Windsurfing, surfing, jeep tours, trips to theother islands and diving
Average living cost per day 40 Euros/day
Time of the year attended and best time to go May and the wind blew nonstop most days, the best times are between Mar/Apr and Sep/Oct which is when the trades blow, having said that Flag Beach staff reckon that the winter months there are lots of days with onshore when you can get on the water with big kites (16).
Wind conditions 17-22 knots most days picking up from about 2 pm. It was cross shore from the left and pretty consistent. The days there was no wind at Flag Beach we went to Cotillo and got a good session but is was very gusty and the water seemed colder, there was also no rescue facilites in Cotillo, which was very good.
Beach and the rigging area Flag Beach: Loads of room, bit of a walk from the car but otherwsie lots of beach. Stay clear of the beach chairs.
Water (temperature, waves, chop, etc.) There was one day with a small swell but otherwsie flat- choppy conditions, perfect really, water temp was about 20C
Obstacles to look out for Beach charis as mentioned earlier, spectators, and windsurfers downwind. There are also some rocks downwind to avoid and at low tide the launching area can get rocky.
Nearest kiteboarding shop / center Flag Beach Kitesurf Center/School.
Kiteboarding do’s and dont’s in area Avoid the the windsurfers and get rescue cover from the centre, it only costs 30 Euros for 15 days unlimited cover and they will even come and look for your board if you loose it. If you don’t have the cover they charge 90 Euros for a single rescue!!