Postby alamos_kiter » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:35 am
In a nutshell:
Tarifa is 90% of the time either levante (ESE, very strong) or poniente (WNW, moderate, chop/slop). It's not really seasonal. Tarifa is at the exit of the mediterranean, and there is a wind funnel.
Typical levante is first day 15-20kn, gusty. Second to x. day, 25-35kn. Can be quite gusty up to 40kn or 45kn, depending on general pressure distribution. Levante can be a week in a row. When it rolls to poniente, there's like half a day with no wind or shitty mixed wind. First day poniente, 12-15kn, picking up. Second to x. day poniente, 15kn-20kn. Can be several days in a row poniente. Levante is side- side off, poniente is side on to onshore. When levante is too strong, people go kite in Caños de Meca or Sotogrande. With pure poniente W, people go kite further east, i.e. Marbella, where it is stronger 18-25kn.
In winter it's a bit mixed, there are those days with southerly winds. SSE usually brings rain in Tarifa.