El Playon

Salinas de Otuma • Peru flag Peru
347 windy days
/ year
Water type
sea
Beach type
sand
Crowd
—
Rider level
—
Tide dependent
—
Tidal range (low–high difference)
0.9 m
Waves
medium, big

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Wind

Heads up: this is a partly thermal spot: on sunny days a thermal adds to the wind, so it's usually stronger than the averages below show. The windy days include part of our modelled thermal days, as some of them turn a light day into a windy one or even bring sufficient wind. The average wind speeds don't include the thermal.
Wind strength (kt)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Kite Jungle score
Windy days (12+ days, incl. thermal est.)*
282130029
251730027
292360030
2926100030
292480029
262192026
272292027
2825113029
2925143029
3027111031
292480030
292350030
Dominant wind direction
wind 180º
wind 180º
wind 178º
wind 177º
wind 176º
wind 174º
wind 175º
wind 175º
wind 176º
wind 178º
wind 180º
wind 180º
Avg. wind (kt)
14
14
15
16
15
15
15
16
17
17
16
15
Avg. wind (12+ days)**
151620
141619
151619
161720
151620
161720
161721
171821
181921
181821
161720
151620
Kite season
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Windy days by wind strength
Wind rose
Wind speed (kt)
Avg. gusts (12+ days)
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Weather
Weather
Air temp. (high/low)
27º 20º
28º 21º
28º 21º
26º 18º
23º 16º
21º 14º
21º 13º
21º 13º
22º 13º
23º 14º
24º 16º
25º 18º
Water temperature
20º
21º
20º
19º
18º
17º
17º
16º
16º
16º
17º
18º
Sunny days
Rainy days
Rainfall (mm)
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Waves
Flat days
Wave days (1+ m)
Wave height (m)
Swell direction & period (s)
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* Days with at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) of wind for at least 2h during daytime. Excluding thermal wind, unless the estimate is applied.

** Average wind for days that get at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) during daytime. Ie days with "no wind" are excluded. Does not include thermal boost.

Data stats by Kite Jungle are based on Open-Meteo.com and other sources More

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