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Every post is built out of the records behind the atlas: the wind numbers, the airline tables, the rules and prices a place actually runs on.
October 2026
- 5 October 2026The Kite Bag Fee Index, October 2026JetBlue now takes kite gear as an ordinary bag and three fees moved. October cuts 95 carriers four ways: free, doubled, capped by length, and pre-booked.
- 1 October 2026Where the wind is in OctoberThe Baltic and the North Sea gain 20 to 30 points on September while the Indian Ocean shuts down. Six regions, and the spot carrying each share.
September 2026
- 28 September 2026Fehmarn before you go: the lagoon shuts at 10Burger Binnensee is closed to free kiting from 10:00 to 18:00, April to October. The rest of the island rides inside marked zones only.
- 24 September 2026Hood River before you go: nobody rescues youNo lifeguards on any Hood River beach, a river current that drifts you downstream, and a summer rule that moves the kite launch off the grass.
- 21 September 2026Santa Maria before you go: the summer lullOn Sal the trades run November to April; the school that publishes numbers puts June to October at 9-10 knots against about 12 in the peak.
- 17 September 2026Brouwersdam before you go: two sets of rulesTwo municipalities share the dam. One bans kites on stretches of its North Sea beach, the other zones its side for extreme sports. Four directions work.
- 14 September 2026Algarve before you go: tide before windRia de Alvor runs on the tide table. Mid tide is the window, high tide hides the oyster beds, and an outgoing spring sets you toward the inlet.
- 10 September 2026Kalpitiya before you go: the boat is the tripThe main lagoon is brown, gusty and full of nets. The flat water is a 10 to 25 minute boat ride north, at EUR 35-40 a head in 2026.
- 8 September 2026Dakhla before you go: the map pin is wrongMap pins for Dakhla launches are unreliable, and the rest of the trip runs on tide tables, camp rules and 2026 transfer prices.
- 8 September 2026The Kite Bag Fee Index, September 2026Which airlines fly a kite bag free, what the rest charge per direction, the biggest single fees, and the policy changes applied this cycle.
- 8 September 2026Lake Garda before you go: no free launchGarda's shore launches are club-run. What the membership, licence and Italian medical certificate cost in 2026, and when Peler and Ora actually blow.
- 8 September 2026Reading a thermal: Ora, Peler, BrevaGarda and Como run on a clock rather than a forecast. What the Peler, the Ora, the Tivano and the Breva do hour by hour, and which shore each one lands on.
- 8 September 2026Tarifa before you go: the summer beach banFrom 15 June to 15 September the town beaches shut to kites and the rest get buoyed into zones. Fees, rescue prices, Levante hours and who should wait.
- 8 September 2026Where the wind is in SeptemberFifteen destinations across six regions, ordered by the share of September days with a session in them, and the spot inside each that carries the number.