Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Flag Beach
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Drove up the coastal road (there's only 1) until we arrived in the sand dunes (now they are impressive!). Just after passingsome 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!!
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.
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!)
Windsurfing, surfing, jeep tours, trips to theother islands and diving
40 Euros/day
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.
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).
There was one day with a small swell but otherwsie flat- choppy conditions, perfect really, water temp was about 20C
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.
Flag Beach Kitesurf Center/School. www.flagbeach.com
info@flagbeach.com.
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!!
Flag Beach: Loads of room, bit of a walk from the car but otherwsie lots of beach. Stay clear of the beach chairs.