Beaches Cartagena Spain, Playa Honda, sandy, shaded, good windsurfing corner

Cartagena Spain, Playa Honda, Mar Menor, windsurfing and  sailing . 

The long stretch of Playa Honda is wide, sandy,  has a summer lifeguard and all facilities and is a well-used beach with many apartments close by. Following it along, we arrive at the beach of the La Manga Caravanning Club which is a wonderful location for sailers and windsurfers to launch from the slightly rocky beach just to the side of it.

The Caravan Club beach is a small, sandy beach, but has palm trees which provide welcome shade from the summer sun and also has the benefit of the facilities on offer due to its proximity to the La Manga campsite.

During summer months there is a lifeguard, chemical toilets, water and shower facilities, protected swimming area and beach bar facilities here.

It is also an excellent place to launch a sailing dinghy, having designated sailing launch lanes about 200 mtrs from the campsite, as well as a perfect  beach area for windsurfers.

Windsurfing instruction is available from the campsite, and the beach here is an excellent place to launch for windsurfing, as the winds in this corner of the Mar Menor are perfect for learners and improvers most of the time.

The shallow, warm waters are ideal for beginner and improver windsurfers, as learners spend an awful lot of time falling off the board in the early stages, and whilst the winds are fairly light, staying around a steady 2-3, this is enough to raise a sail, but not enough to overpower novices

Fairly regularly, stronger afternoon winds come through, and in the spring and autumn, more advanced sailors can expect some fantastic sailing conditions.

Theres a good website called windguru that gives accurate wind conditions for those wanting to sail. The corner running across from Playa Paraiso and Playa Honda is popular with windsurfers as the prevailing winds generally allow them to launch easily and take a good line across the sea towards Deer Island and back.

The same goes for dinghy sailors who can launch easily from this site. There is also a dinghy training school in this location.

The main Playa Honda beach is 1km long, is sandy and is faily densely populated in summer as it has an excellent range of facilities, including equipment hire, childrens play area, disabled bathing facilities and disabled toilets, hammocks, sunshades, footwash and lifeguard facilities which are open from 11am-7pm.

There are also water seats for disabled bathers.

To access Playa Honda,Mar Menor

 Drive down the MU312 heading for the  Mar Menor. As you pass the La Manga Camping site, take the exit immediately after the site, cross the dual carriageway which will bring you down to a T junction. Turn left and 1st left which takes you into the urban area. Follow the road all the way down to the bottom, turn left and follow the  beach front towards brightly coloured hotel blocks at the end. Opposite the entrance to the blocks is a dirt car park. Follow this down and you can drive right alongside the beach as far as the camping site. In the summer you have to drop off any boats and park the car in the car park, but in the autumn, no-one takes any notice.

Parking for Playa Honda is amongst the residential area and along the back of the beach. There is pleanty of parking here, but it gets very busy during the summer months, so it is often a good idea to park at either end of the main beach where there are more open spaces.

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