Best kitesurfing spots by water and level

Five ways to cut the atlas. A country appears under a heading when at least three of its places qualify on their spot records, and each page says what qualified them.

Flat water Waves Beginners Foiling Waves and flat

Flat water202places, in 33 countries Waves426places, in 46 countries Beginners255places, in 32 countries Foiling181places, in 20 countries Waves and flat95places, in 16 countries

Flat water

A place is here when at least one of its spots describes its water as a lagoon or as flat.

Australia8 Brazil16 Canada4 China3 Colombia4 Croatia3 Denmark3 Egypt4 Fiji3 France15 Germany12 Greece8 Ireland4 Italy17 Latvia4 Maldives5 Morocco3 Netherlands5 New Caledonia4 Norway3 Oman3 Philippines4 Poland4 Portugal9 Qatar4 Saudi Arabia3 South Africa4 Spain9 Thailand5 UAE3 United Kingdom4 USA19 Venezuela3

33 countrys, 202 places.

Waves

A place is here when at least one of its spots describes waves, surf, swell or a beach break in its water, or is tagged for wave riding, surf or strapless. Spots whose only wave mention is "small waves" do not count.

Argentina4 Australia5 Belgium3 Brazil22 Cape Verde4 Chile4 China3 Colombia3 Cyprus3 Dominican Republic3 Egypt3 Fiji4 France29 Germany9 Greece23 Guadeloupe3 Indonesia4 Ireland9 Israel4 Italy69 Japan3 Kenya3 Latvia10 Lithuania3 Madagascar6 Maldives3 Mauritius3 Mexico5 Morocco12 Mozambique5 Netherlands9 New Caledonia3 New Zealand4 Oman3 Philippines6 Poland3 Portugal20 Senegal4 South Africa8 South Korea3 Spain45 Sweden4 Tanzania3 Thailand4 United Kingdom6 USA37

46 countrys, 426 places.

Beginners

A place is here when at least one of its spots is marked as suitable for beginners and the place has at least one kite school in the atlas.

Albania3 Australia3 Belgium3 Brazil18 China3 Colombia3 Croatia3 Egypt7 France27 Germany8 Greece15 Ireland3 Israel4 Italy43 Latvia4 Lithuania3 Maldives4 Mexico6 Mozambique5 Netherlands5 Philippines4 Poland3 Portugal9 Senegal4 South Korea3 Spain28 Tanzania3 Thailand5 Turkey3 UAE3 United Kingdom4 USA16

32 countrys, 255 places.

Foiling

A place is here when at least one of its spots is tagged for foiling. Wing foiling, windfoiling and e-foiling are different sports and do not count.

Albania4 Australia4 Brazil13 Colombia3 Croatia4 Egypt4 France27 Germany7 Greece13 Italy26 Latvia7 Mexico6 Netherlands8 Portugal9 Spain10 Tanzania3 Thailand5 UAE3 United Kingdom3 USA22

20 countrys, 181 places.

Waves and flat

A place is here when it holds both a flat or lagoon spot and a wave spot, so a session can go either way without moving town.

Australia3 Brazil11 Fiji3 France13 Germany8 Greece4 Italy11 Latvia3 Maldives3 Netherlands3 New Caledonia3 Philippines3 Portugal7 Spain8 Thailand3 USA9

16 countrys, 95 places.