The World Championship Formula Windsurfing be held from 5 to July 11, 2009, under the auspices of the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning of the Government of Andalusia and Valdelagrana Sailing Club , in collaboration with the Hon. City of El Puerto de Santa Maria, the Association of Municipalities Bay of Cadiz and the Andalusian Sailing Federation. The headquarters of the regatta will be the facilities of the Metropolitan Park and Marsh of Los Toruños Pinar de La Algaida, more particularly in the Playa de Levante (TM El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz).

El Puerto de Santa Maria is located at the mouth of the river Guadalete, in the heart of the Metropolitan Area of the Bay of Cádiz, southwest of Andalusia, off Cadiz and bordering the municipalities of Puerto Real, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Rota and Jerez.

With an area of 15,900 hectares, in El Puerto de Santa María can distinguish different physical units: the marshland area, which due to its ecological value have been included as Natural Park in the Natural Protected Areas Network of Andalusia, the field dunes of the southwest coast, the Sierra de San Cristóbal (from which dominates the Bay of Cadiz and the Sierra Cadiz) and the countryside of Jerez also highlights the 22 miles of coastline, most of them low sandy beaches.

El Puerto de Santa Maria is considered by the tourist industry as the largest recipient coastal village from the Algarve (Portugal) to the Costa del Sol are many and varied attractions and has made it a tourist town at all forms:

Natural sand beaches and azure waters, year after year awarded the Blue Flag awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), marsh and nature reserve, parks and camping with extensive pine forests and sand dunes to enjoy the direct contact with nature and its beauty, and so on.

Artistic Site: El Puerto de Santa Maria is listed as a historic and tourist use of preferred territory. And this description is not, nor much less free, as the monumental legacy of the town center, has been and will always be one of the most striking and most attractive set.

Gourmet: Thanks to its status as a coastal city, to its extensive vineyards and wineries, El Puerto has the necessary elements to develop an important and appreciated food.

Accommodation. Puerto de Santa Maria has a high rate of hotel rooms. Although the organization does not assume any obligation on housing, have been established prior relationships with the hotels in the environment entities that have greatly benefited our proposal to present a consistent hotel deals than expected by competitors and companions.

Sports and leisure facilities: The Port offers a vast universe of possibilities for entertainment and leisure facilities, nightclubs, pubs, etc. that make the city a recreational area of particular interest. In addition to a range of sports every facet, from golf courses, the best race course with facilities such as Sherry and Port Royal Yacht Club, riding, tennis, paddle tennis.