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About this spot
Kiteforum's Malvín page records the beach for beginner, intermediate and expert riders and describes the usual directions as south-east, south and south-west, with south-east best and west-south-west worst because it arrives gusty. The same entry puts the wind at 10–30 knots depending on direction and notes rocks at the left of the beach.
The water figures come from the same community page rather than a monitoring station: 22–25 °C in summer, 18–23 °C in autumn and spring, and 10–14 °C in winter. Treat those as seasonal ranges, not monthly normals.
The beginner label is the honest weak point. A rider guide lists beginners here and an aggregator names a school teaching in Montevideo, but no school's own page confirms a supervised teaching area at this pin — so arrange instruction and ask where it teaches before a first session, and keep clear of the rocks at the left end and the bathing area.
3-day forecast
Speed / gusts in knots. Colour = rideability for this spot. Bottom row = recommended kite size for your weight — not recommended outside this spot's 10–30 kn range.
Conditions
- Water
- choppy, waves, flat
- Depth
- City beach; the standing-depth extent is not verified
- Seabed
- sand, rocks at the left of the beach
- Skill
- beginner, intermediate, expert
- Beginners
- Beginner friendly
- Wind range
- 10 kn – 30 kn
Access & parking
Playa Malvín on Montevideo's coast; the guide lists car and bus access.
Parking: Street parking, beach rules and any charges are unverified — check locally.
Amenities
- Beach clubs, cafés and buses along the Malvín frontage
- Kite shops and schools listed in aggregators — confirm before travelling
Needs local verification: Source: https://se.kiteforum.com/kitesurf/spot/malvin (rider abilities, usual SE/S/SW directions with SE best and WSW gusty, 10–30 kt, rocks at the left, car and bus access, seasonal water ranges). The entry is community-submitted and undated, so its beginner tag is not treated as a confirmed school teaching area and beginner-friendly is withheld. Coordinates approximate the beach, not a verified launch; confirm rules, parking and the bathing area on site. Monthly water fallback values are rounded from the same seasonal ranges, not measured normals. No verified local live webcam was found; Windy links are searches/maps.
Local hazards
- Rocks at the left end of the beach
- West-south-west wind is reported gusty
- City-beach crowds and bathers — confirm the swimming area before launching
- No school-confirmed teaching area at this pin