Gran Canaria — El Burrero06h · 15 kt
84GOKitesurfing atEl Burrero
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Min. level
Advanced
Optimal wind
14-30 kts
Season
April to October
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What to check
Discover the spot
The spot
Discover El Burrero
El Burrero is the accessible face of Gran Canaria's south-east coast: a shallow bay, a quiet village and the same Canarian trade wind as Pozo, only less brutal. The big-wind circus of Pozo Izquierdo is ten minutes away, but here you can learn the trade without getting flattened.
This is the accessible side of Gran Canaria's south-east coast. A quiet village, a beach of golden and black volcanic sand, a promenade and restaurants: here you find local life rather than the competition circus. The NE trade arrives firm, but a notch softer and more cross than at Pozo overheating right next door. The sheltered, shallow north corner gives you room to learn and progress instead of just surviving. You come here to ride the Canarian trade without getting flattened: enough wind to have fun, enough margin not to blow up your session.
Who & when
Level and best time
Who it's for
An intermediate-and-up spot: the bottom mixes sand and stones, the south end of the bay blows side/cross-offshore and the chop builds fast. Beginners only with a school, in the sheltered, shallow north corner. For genuine beginner flatwater the neighbouring Bahía de Formas / Salinas de Arinaga bay just south is the better call. The NE trade comes in solid, but a notch gentler than Pozo.
source : pozowinds.com ↗Best window
The trade peaks from June to August; May and September–October work as shoulder months, though the late season can drop off — locals say September–October is sometimes calm. Rideable year-round, with winter the least consistent. Core season June–August, wide window April to October.
source : backingwind.com ↗On site
Arrival guide
Getting there
El Burrero belongs to Ingenio, on the south-east coast of Gran Canaria, right by the airport (GC-1 exit 18). The sheltered sandy launch is at the north tip of the bay — that's where you rig and get on the water.
source : localguidegrancanaria.com ↗Shops, food & showers
Several kite schools: Siroco Kitesurf School, the first Canarias-approved kite school, and Paberwind (IKO/RFEV), which runs downwinders from El Burrero to Vargas. Blue Flag beach with a promenade, village restaurants, summer amenities and showers in season, gear rental on site.
source : localguidegrancanaria.com ↗Club & nearby
Pozo Izquierdo is about ten minutes away for the experts and the big-wind days. Vargas, next door, picks up the wave. And for beginner flatwater, the Bahía de Formas / Salinas de Arinaga bay, immediately to the south, is the gentler option.
source : pozowinds.com ↗Before you go
Safety
The real danger here is rock: it frames both sides of the bay and lines the bottom. At the south end the NE trade swings cross- then side-offshore and a southward current pushes you out to sea — stay in the sheltered north corner unless your self-rescue is solid. Launch and land at mid-to-high tide (low tide exposes the stones and shrinks the beach), and wear booties.
source : spotnetz.de ↗