Zarautz in May
Sea, with a tide. What an average May looks like here, from five years of weather history.
- Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
- Model mean, kn
- 5.7
- Model gust, kn
- 16.1
- Direction
- WNW
- Waves, m
- 0.8
- Surf days
- 26
- Water °C
- 17
- Air °C
- 17
- Sunny days
- 5
- Rain days
- 16
- Wetsuit
- 3/2
May sits mid-season here: 26 surf days against 28 in an average month. Best for waves: Dec, Jan and Mar.
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Season
Best for waves: Dec, Jan and Mar
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Surf days
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
6.9
6.6
7.0
6.3
5.7
5.1
5.4
5.3
5.6
6.2
7.0
7.2
Model gust, kn
17.1
17.1
18.4
17.0
16.1
14.7
15.0
14.7
15.2
16.1
17.2
17.0
Direction
S
S
S
S
WNW
S
NW
WNW
S
S
S
S
Waves, m
1.1
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.3
1.3
Surf days
30
28
29
26
26
23
28
29
26
27
28
30
Water °C
14
13
13
14
17
21
23
23
22
20
17
15
Air °C
10
13
14
15
17
21
22
23
21
20
14
12
Sunny days
5
5
3
6
5
4
7
8
5
7
3
5
Rain days
15
14
18
13
16
14
11
12
13
12
18
16
Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.
From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.
Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.