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Vista de Valdevaqueros
Playa de Valdevaqueros. Photo: Antonio from Mijas, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Playa de Valdevaqueros

Kitesurf spot · Spain

Is it worth the trip?

7Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 19 °C2 mm shorty

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Playa de Valdevaqueros, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyE 8 kn20°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More kitesurf near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Playa de Valdevaqueros

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 64). The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Tarifa. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 3 wind sports spots and 1 climbing area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,030–US$1,950 each

about US$1,030–US$1,950 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to TNG, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$1,030–US$1,950

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Tarifa

Closest

Tarifa

16 min by car · 97 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 97 places to stay in Tarifa · Booking.com

About Tarifa its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 40m

About 17h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TNG, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), then 1h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.