Playa de Sotavento

Jandía, Fuerteventura · 🇪🇸 Spain

A colossal Atlantic beach where a shallow turquoise lagoon forms at high tide — one of the world's great windsurfing arenas.

Sea temperature

~21°C in the warm season

Water

Clear turquoise over a vast lagoon at high tide

Sand

Pale golden sand

Swimming

Shallow lagoon at high tide; strong wind and currents otherwise

Surf

World-class windsurf and kite spot; big open Atlantic swell

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A colossal dune-and-lagoon beach on Fuerteventura's south-east

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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