I'm planning to go to canary islands for Windsurf in late sep/ early oct as I'll be in Barcelona during that time.
Any suggestion on which island to go to? I understand that it is the shoulder season and I May need some luck on the wind. Any advice on that?
popular belief says fuerteventura is the windiest but they all get it, the wind will travel over certain areas 'acceleration' zones so take your pick.
Iv got a place in fuerte and had it 11 years, i feel iv noticed the difference over time and got chatting to a local who commented on how it was pretty much 100% guaranteed during the summer months back in the day but tend to see spurts of wind for 'x' amount of days then lulls nowadays so you can get a turkey during the summer months..that being said locals rarely own larger than a 5m or so so as a lake sailor my definition of wind is different to theirs 
i have a good friend out there who runs a surf shop and he'l literally tell you what months do what to a startling level of accuracy (which is rather different to the wind stats you find on the web) anyway i generally go 2-3 times a year and october is my favourite for a hol but as my mate says its the least windiest of all and i would agree..that doesn't mean you won't, its simply luck of the draw, how long? obviously the longer the stay the more chances, i generally go 10 days and out there 28th oct to 8th nov,
other thing to note the trade summer winds are the N NNE the winter starts kicking in southerlys which turns the sotaventos and matas blancas into bump and jump from the flat stuff..really depends on what conditions you like and fuerte can offer all sorts if your prepared to ramble, i like speed and generally blasting about - il see if i can upload it iv got a quick vid of a run made in october last year to show it does get it (about 4 days of good blasting out of 10..would of been more if i didn't have a mrs)
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popular belief says fuerteventura is the windiest but they all get it, the wind will travel over certain areas 'acceleration' zones so take your pick.
Iv got a place in fuerte and had it 11 years, i feel iv noticed the difference over time and got chatting to a local who commented on how it was pretty much 100% guaranteed during the summer months back in the day but tend to see spurts of wind for 'x' amount of days then lulls nowadays so you can get a turkey during the summer months..that being said locals rarely own larger than a 5m or so so as a lake sailor my definition of wind is different to theirs
i have a good friend out there who runs a surf shop and he'l literally tell you what months do what to a startling level of accuracy (which is rather different to the wind stats you find on the web) anyway i generally go 2-3 times a year and october is my favourite for a hol but as my mate says its the least windiest of all and i would agree..that doesn't mean you won't, its simply luck of the draw, how long? obviously the longer the stay the more chances, i generally go 10 days and out there 28th oct to 8th nov,
other thing to note the trade summer winds are the N NNE the winter starts kicking in southerlys which turns the sotaventos and matas blancas into bump and jump from the flat stuff..really depends on what conditions you like and fuerte can offer all sorts if your prepared to ramble, i like speed and generally blasting about - il see if i can upload it iv got a quick vid of a run made in october last year to show it does get it (about 4 days of good blasting out of 10..would of been more if i didn't have a mrs)
Niceeeee! Thanks for the info! Wondering which beach you at? For me I'm so light weight I'll probably use a 58 in the condition of your vid... anyways I'll like to try some wave sailing which is not available at home. So probably thinking about el medano
That spot is matas blancas where the dunkerbeck speed challenge is held, not been to el med but its an obvious choice certainly for waves and plenty of vids around to nose at, I'm actually going there myself in about 6 weeks to have a go myself, don't really know much about it and sure others will chine in but from what i read the main beach is a swelly bump and jump playground and the more wavey spot el cabezo round the corner is for more advanced (big waves and a bit trashy if it goes wrong??) the wind will batter my hole in june so I'm in for a roasting again later in the year the winds swing around a bit and think el med flattens off in a S or SW, again others may advise better
iv spent so long charging or trying to charge around I'm looking forward to having a go at jumping..havnt sailed a waist harness/rotational/inboard straps for about 10 years so I'm in for a bit of a shock 
