The north-west groundswell has largely gone by May, and what reaches the islands rarely carries twelve seconds. That keeps the north shore reefs asleep and leaves the thirty kilometres of sand between Corralejo and El Cotillo doing the work, which is exactly what a first week needs: a bottom that does not punish, and waves that are small because of the season rather than because you picked a bad day.
The alisios are still building. Expect a clean morning and a breeze that arrives some time after eleven, so lessons run early and the afternoon goes to the beach. The water is at 20°C and a 3/2 covers it.
