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Barbate, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Martin Haisch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Barbate

Kitesurf spot · Spain

Is it worth the trip?

24Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: 17 kn gusting 21, side-shore, Water: chop, Models disagree: less sure

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
22°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
on
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
20°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 21 out of 100

Wind
ESE 12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

Wind
ESE 17 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 130, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 721, poor
  8. Sun 8100, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 10100, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 19 °C2 mm shorty

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Barbate
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov30, poorwind from the east-south-east, 13 knots16knsidechop22°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots6kncross-offchop22°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 9 knots12knonflat20°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 3 knots5knside-onflat20°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west, 6 knots10knsidechop20°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots7knoffnot safeflat19°C
Sat 7Nov21, poorwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots16knsidechop20°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodwind from the east-south-east, 17 knots21knsidechop21°C
Mon 9Nov75, goodwind from the south, 15 knots24knonchop21°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodwind from the south-west, 25 knots34knside-on1.0 mwaves20°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 00:49 −0.6 mHigh 07:23 +0.7 mLow 13:37 −0.7 mHigh 20:13 +0.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:06 −0.5 mHigh 08:43 +0.7 mLow 15:04 −0.6 mHigh 21:36 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:34 −0.5 mHigh 10:03 +0.7 mLow 16:28 −0.7 mHigh 22:50 +0.6 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Barbate

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N 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 S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.2 km out (1 in 123). The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Barbate. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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: Barbate

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Barbate

8 min by car · 1 place to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 1 place to stay in Barbate · Booking.com

About Barbate 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 50m

About 17h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TNG, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), then 1h 10m by road

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

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