Windfoil and Windsurf at El Puerto de Santa María, Bay of Cádiz: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Bay of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

The main season at El Puerto de Santa María is between February and March, and sessions mostly start between 16:00 and 18:00. Windfoil accounts for 39% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
647
Riders, 12 months
61
Sessions, 30 days
64
Record, 12 months
31.9 kn
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Leaderboard

Best session of each rider in the last 12 months, from the Waterspeed leaderboard. Updated every day.

Windfoil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Fernando Martínez del Cerro31.9 kn 59.1 km/h
2Jonas Dahlstrup29.8 kn 55.1 km/h
3Pato29.3 kn 54.3 km/h
4GUILLEM SEGÚ GIRÓ27.9 kn 51.7 km/h
5Šimon Skřepek25.6 kn 47.4 km/h
6Ivan Moleon25.5 kn 47.3 km/h
7San Yui Lau25.2 kn 46.6 km/h
8Jakob Kammerer24.9 kn 46.1 km/h
9Анна Хворикова24.3 kn 45.0 km/h
10Anselm Ginthör23.4 kn 43.4 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1pezi29.7 kn 55.0 km/h
2Fernando Martínez del Cerro28.9 kn 53.5 km/h
3David Drda28.9 kn 53.5 km/h
4Rafa Rico28.1 kn 52.1 km/h
5Ricardo Correia27.9 kn 51.7 km/h
6Alejando Arauz Garcia27.1 kn 50.2 km/h
7jaime andres23.2 kn 42.9 km/h
8Sergio Peláez22.4 kn 41.4 km/h
9Humberto Martínez Barberá20.6 kn 38.2 km/h
10Sergio Mayoral Romero19.0 kn 35.1 km/h

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Wing foil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Pato24.9 kn 46.1 km/h
2J.Ignacio Villalobos21.3 kn 39.5 km/h
3Nacho Fernandez Sanchez19.9 kn 36.9 km/h
4Pedro Sanjuán de Caso19.1 kn 35.4 km/h
5Jose Luis Garcia19.0 kn 35.2 km/h
6Lucia Cantero Morales19.0 kn 35.1 km/h
7Marcelina Korszon19.0 kn 35.1 km/h
8Fernando Cruz18.3 kn 33.8 km/h
9Alexandra K18.1 kn 33.6 km/h
10Jorge Gonzalez Diaz18.0 kn 33.3 km/h

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Sailing: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Jørgen Schulstock28.4 kn 52.6 km/h
2Luis M Torres20.7 kn 38.4 km/h
3Casper Opstvedt16.7 kn 31.0 km/h
4WinnerLSW10.2 kn 18.9 km/h
5Edu9.3 kn 17.3 km/h
6Antonio Peralta Garcia9.3 kn 17.3 km/h
7MSQP8.9 kn 16.5 km/h
8Jaime Parga8.5 kn 15.8 km/h
9Paco Rosales6.4 kn 11.9 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan29
  • Feb74
  • Mar129
  • Apr52
  • May43
  • Jun60
  • Jul52
  • Aug95
  • Sep30
  • Oct64
  • Nov19
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • WindfoilMarch58
  • WindsurfMarch45
  • Wing foilAugust16
  • SailingFebruary19

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 16:00 and 18:00. Local start time.

  • 9:003
  • 10:0017
  • 11:0043
  • 12:0039
  • 13:0054
  • 14:0053
  • 15:0088
  • 16:00131
  • 17:00193
  • 18:0024
  • 19:002

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • N190
  • W181
  • SW79
  • SE63
  • E60
  • NW40
  • S24
  • NE10
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Questions

When is the best time to go to El Puerto de Santa María?

Sessions at El Puerto de Santa María are mostly between February and March. The busiest month is March, with 129 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is El Puerto de Santa María better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 16:00 and 18:00, local time. 10% start before noon and 90% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at El Puerto de Santa María?

Windfoil (39%), Windsurf (30%), Wing foil (9%), Sailing (8%), and Foil (3%). Waterspeed recorded 647 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at El Puerto de Santa María?

31.9 knots (59.1 km/h), Windfoil, on March 31, 2026. It is the fastest session at El Puerto de Santa María on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Windfoil leaderboard at El Puerto de Santa María?

Fernando Martínez del Cerro, with 31.9 knots on March 31, 2026. The top 10 is on this page; the full leaderboard is on leaderboard.waterspeedapp.com.

Data: Waterspeed leaderboard sessions. Town positions: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.