WINDY SEASON
The wind and wave season here in Venezuela is from November to March, and is the best time to travel to los Roques; it is also conveniently our off season for the PWA tour. My favourite months for Los Roques are from December to February which is the best time of year for wind! Los Roques normally blows a bit less than Playa El Yaque, which for waves does not really matter since most of the spots are down the line with side off shore wind and starboard tack. You could find some onshore spots to jump at the outer reefs, but it’s super shallow and dangerous if you lose your gear!
Ricardo and I normally spend Decembers in Margarita with our family for Christmas and new year and right after we would normally head to Los Roques.This Christmas, Ricardo had already planned on going to a national slalom event on the mainland which I did not plan on going to so I decided to head straight to Los Roques on my own. My Los Roques quiver consists of:
Me: 84 kg.
Hawaiian fishing harpoon.
SUP Nahskwell HV Surf 7’11 and 1 paddle.
Windsurf DG Pro Model wave board 83L.
Windsurfing AFS-1 Foil board 110L.
6.1 Kazuma surf board.
HSM wave boom, 2 x 370 and 2 x 400 HSM wave masts.
3 Hot Sails Maui wave sails, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9 and 1 Freestyle pro 5.3 which is ideal for foiling in 6 to 14 knots of wind.