From June the alisios blow without much of a break until September. They come from the north-north-east at 15 to 25 knots, which is side-onshore on the north shores, and they are the reason these islands are one of Europe's best kite and wing destinations in summer and one of its more frustrating surf ones.
The practical effect is a clock. The sea is usually clean at first light and chopped up by late morning, so a June week is six early starts and six afternoons doing something else. What swell there is comes short-period, which keeps the reefs off and the sand working. The water is at 21°C, warm enough to leave the 3/2 in the bag on a long morning.
