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Formentera weather: wind, sea and anchoring

The island's weather now and for the next seven days, the wind and the sea, which beaches give a calm anchorage now and tonight, and which beach is calm in each of the island's winds.

Photo: Andrés Nieto Porras from Palma de Mallorca, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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The next seven days

Where to anchor

Each beach is coloured by how a boat would lie at anchor: the wind, the waves and the swell set against how much open water lies in front of it. Tap a beach for details.

Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · Weather data by Open-Meteo

Which beach is calm in which wind

The calm side of Formentera is the one the wind blows off the land. With a fresh breeze from each of the island's eight winds, these beaches lie in its lee, where the water stays flat.

Tramuntana
From the north
Calm beaches:
Gregal
From the north east
Calm beaches:
Llevant
From the east
Calm beaches:
Xaloc
From the south east
Calm beaches:
Migjorn
From the south
Calm beaches:
Llebeig
From the south west
Calm beaches:
Ponent
From the west
Calm beaches:
Mestral
From the north west
Calm beaches:

Worked out from the open water in front of each beach, the same rule the map above applies to today's wind. Swell from far away can still reach a sheltered beach, so check the waves above before you go.

Frequently asked questions

Which side of Formentera is sheltered from the wind?

The side facing away from the wind. In a north wind the Migjorn coast in the south is calm, in a south wind the north coast from Ses Illetes to Es Pujols is calmer. The map above works it out for every beach from the current wind.

Why is a beach marked exposed when the wind is light?

Swell travels from far away and keeps rolling in after the wind has dropped. A beach with open water in the direction the swell comes from will be rolly at anchor even on a calm day.

How warm is the sea around Formentera?

The sea temperature above is the live value for the waters around the island. It peaks in late summer and is lowest in late winter.

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