Puerto pollensa Bay kitespot

Mallorca,

Is a well known destination for germans, english, french (and now russian) people.
There are 4 main kite spots in the island during summer: Can Pastilla, Playas de Muro, Son Serra de Marina and Bahia de Pollensa. I´m going to talk a bit about the last one, which I know quite well.


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Beach: It´s long but is quite narrow, as it has a road parallel to it (connecting puerto pollensa with alcudia) so people prefer to go to other beaches, therefore we have the opportunity to have a big piece of shore to enjoy our sport. The beach is a mix between sand, small shells, seeweed and some wood sticks.

Water: The water is shallow for the first 100m. No need of wetsuit during summer as the water is in highs 28 degrees. Maybe a shirt or a lycra to protect yourself of the sun. You will find choppy, with small waves (0,5m) so no surfing here.

Wind: N, NE, E, SE, S winds are appropiate for this spot, being NE, E, SE the most rideable and steady. N & S become a bit gusty. You can have a look to any website to see the forecast which can be more or less accurate. The most common wind is thermic, completelly onshore (E)  which starts to blow from 11-12 till 15-18 hours. Do not expect high wind here because its rare in summer. You will find more days at 10-15 knots (everyday) than 18-25 (maybe 1 day per week).
*Small tip* it´s more windy inside than in the shore (as windsurfers know...).

Recommended quiver: Bring your bigger kite and your wider board. Low wind range is the name of the game here. Think that there will be a lot of people learning plus onshore winds, you want something that can head you upwind as fast as possible (in order to avoid learners). Normal size here is between 12-14-16.
Im 90kgs, and I ride here my kahoona 2011 13,5m with one of these 3 boards (a door, surfboard or the alaia). This year I brough the 9m with me and I only used it 1 time in 2 months (frankly speaking, the days of 20-25 knots I preferred the 13,5 with normal twintip to boost really high).

Hazards: The road, period. Just be careful to rig your kite well, because when launching you do not want to have any problem. If you cruise between spot 1 and spot 2 be careful as there is no beach, just a breakwater and then the road. Apart from that, it´s not so dangerous as the wind is steady and not so strong so you will have time to react against any problem.

Kiteshops: In this area there is Pura Vida, link, in which you can ask for lessons, hire & buy material.

Recommendations: Just enjoy the place and respect the non kiting users of the beach (to preserve this place from bans).

Nightlife: You can go to Puerto Pollensa or Alcudia, in both places you will find restaurants, bars and clubs.

Accomodation: Plenty of places in both villages, plus fincas. There is also one farm close to the spot 400m away link.

Some pictures:

If you have any questions please let me know.

Buenos vientos