The atlas

Every kite destination on Earth

812 places across 1505 spots in 104 countries — wind season, water, level and schools, every value sourced and dated.

That 812 is every place the atlas holds. 432 of them have a destination page of their own; the other 380 are held as a single spot and open on a spot page. They lie in 104 countries, 81 of which have a country guide written so far.

The whole atlas, by country

Destination pages432one page each

Single spots380held as one spot, not a destination

Spots1505

Schools1675

812 placesStrongest month first, then by name

Single spotsThe atlas holds these as one spot rather than as a destination, so each one opens on its spot page. They have no modelled season of their own yet, which is why they sit after the ranking.
Issos BeachGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Issos Beach is the wide sandy stretch just north of Agios Georgios South, on Corfu's southwest coast, with dunes behind it.
Jack BeachMoroccosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Jack Beach is a named kite spot in the Casablanca-Settat databases and a surf beach in real life.
Jeddah / South CornicheSaudi Arabiasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to February
South Corniche sits south of central Jeddah: a wide sandy beach on the Red Sea, a shallow first section, and water that runs flat to choppy depending on the day.
Jobos BeachPuerto Ricosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to July
Jobos is a surf beach that kiters use, not the other way round.
Jockey's Ridge Soundside AccessUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, June, July, October and November
The soundside half of Jockey's Ridge State Park is the part riders want: a small public access on Roanoke Sound at 330 W.
Jomtien / Na Jomtien BeachThailandsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to September
Jomtien and Na Jomtien are the Pattaya-area kite beaches: west-facing sand, flat-to-choppy water, and long shallow stretches good for a first waterstart or a foil session.
Jungmun BeachSouth Koreasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June
Jungmun Saekdal is a surf beach on the south coast of Jeju, 560m of sand under a line of cliffs, and Korea's first surfing club has been based here since 1995.
Jūrmala / PumpuriLatviasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Pumpuri is a permitted kiteboarding and windsurfing zone on Jūrmala's north-facing Gulf of Riga shore, close enough to Riga for a forecast-driven day trip.
K08 Barra da TijucaBrazilsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
K08 is the kite kiosk at Praia do Pepe, the Avenida do Pepe end of Barra da Tijuca's long ocean beach, and it has been teaching kitesurf there since 2001 under Francisco "Frajola" Ferreira.
Kabeljous LagoonSouth Africasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
lagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to March
Kabeljous Lagoon is an estuary at the north-eastern edge of Jeffreys Bay that goes flat and rideable when it has water in it.
Kaminia BeachGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to November
Kaminia is the long sandy beach on Mounda Bay in southern Kefalonia, between Skala and Ratzakli, and it comes with two incompatible descriptions.
KatiaGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Katia is a real spot on the southeast coast of Lesvos, just past the Mytilene airport near Agrilia, and almost nothing about it is written down.
Kiawah Beachwalker ParkUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Beachwalker Park is the only public beach access on Kiawah Island, which makes it the only realistic kite launch on the west end.
Kish Kite BeachIransingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
choppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to February
Kish Kite Beach is the dedicated kiteboarding beach on the west side of Kish Island, in Iran's Hormozgan Province, on Sunset Road before Kolbeh Hoor.
Kite Beach (Sint Joris Bay)Curaçaosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January to August
Kite Beach is the organised launch inside Sint Joris Bay, the big lagoon on the east/northeast side of Curaçao, about 20-30 minutes' drive from Willemstad.
Kokrobite BeachGhanasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvancedbudget
1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to February
Kokrobite is a beach town 30 km west of Accra with white sand and an exposed beach break, lefts and rights, and it is a surf town first.
Kontari BeachGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season every month
Kontari is a pebble beach just south of Chios town, on the Karfas stretch beside the airport.
Kunduchi BeachTanzaniasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, May, June, July, August, September, October and December
Kunduchi is mainland kiting, on the coast about 25 km north of Dar es Salaam, and the whole thing runs off the white-sand beach at Kunduchi Beach Hotel & Resort where Kunduchi Kite School operates.
La Gendarmerie, Saint-PierreRéunionsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to November
La Gendarmerie is on the Saint-Pierre seafront, between the gendarmerie and the cemetery, and it is one of Réunion's best-known kite spots.
La PlayaItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to April
La Playa is Catania's own beach, a long strip of sand on the Ionian lined with lidos, about 5 km from Fontanarossa.
La RinconadaChilesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
choppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to April
La Rinconada is a sand beach on the open Pacific north of Antofagasta, in the La Portada sector.
La Salvé (Laredo)Spainsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
La Salve is Laredo's town beach on the Cantabrian coast, 4.25 km of sand running from the old port down to El Puntal on the south side of Santona bay.
La SentinaItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
La Sentina is the beach at the south end of San Benedetto del Tronto, past Porto d'Ascoli, in front of the Tronto river mouth and beside the last breakwater.
Laayoune PlageMoroccosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Laayoune Plage is what most riders mean when they say Foum El Oued, a Saharan Atlantic beach about 25 km from Laayoune and about 30 minutes from the airport.
Lac d'Orient - Mesnil-Saint-PereFrancesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, September and October
Lac d'Orient is a big managed reservoir in Aube, about 2,400-2,500 ha of it, and the main beach at Mesnil-Saint-Pere is the easy one of its five kite accesses: you rig anywhere between the club fence at Maison des Lacs and the lawn by Le Calypso.
Lac de Naussac - Le Mas d'ArmandFrancesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Lac de Naussac sits at about 945-965 m near Langogne, 1050 ha of reservoir, and Le Mas d'Armand is the launch on its north-west shore, about 500 m past the nautical base on the D34 toward Rocles.
Lac de Serre-PonçonFrancesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Lac de Serre-Poncon is a mountain reservoir in the Hautes-Alpes, and the kite beach is Plage des Eaux Douces at Crots, between Savines-le-Lac and Crots off the RN94.
Lago CalimaColombiasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, July, August, November and December
Lago Calima is a hydroelectric reservoir in Valle del Cauca near Calima El Darién, and the wind on it is a thermal the locals call El Calimón.
Lago de AmatitlánGuatemalasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to February
Amatitlán is a flat freshwater lake in a volcanic caldera just south of Guatemala City, 15-20km from the airport, and the reason it is on a kite map at all is kiteguate, the country's only dedicated kite school, which teaches here as well as on Atitlán.
Lago di CaldaroItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to June
Lago di Caldaro sits on the South Tyrolean wine road, 1.4 square kilometres of shallow water averaging 3.5m deep, and officially it is not a kite spot.
Lago di ResiaItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Lago di Resia, Reschensee on the German-language signs, is an alpine reservoir at about 1,499-1,500 m at Graun/Curon, close to the Austrian and Swiss borders.
Lago di Santa CroceItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, September and October
Lago di Santa Croce is a freshwater thermal lake in Alpago, province of Belluno, and the kite beach is at Farra d'Alpago on the north shore.
Lagoa de IbiraqueraBrazilsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
lagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to April
Lagoa de Ibiraquera is a shallow, flat lagoon in Imbituba, Santa Catarina, 0.5-1.7 m deep, and one of the best places in southern Brazil to learn or to work on freestyle.
Laguna GarzónUruguaysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
lagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Laguna Garzon is the shallow flat lagoon on the Maldonado and Rocha border where Uruguay teaches people to kite.
LahinchIrelandsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September and October
Lahinch is a surf town first, and a confirmed kitesurfing and windsurfing location second.
LaidaSpainsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season every month
Laida is the beach at the mouth of the Mundaka estuary in Urdaibai, and the tide runs the place.
Lake ClearwaterNew Zealandsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season February to March
Lake Clearwater sits at about 667 m in the Ashburton Lakes, inland Canterbury: 197 ha of freshwater with no motors allowed on it.
Lake Pontchartrain South ShoreUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to May
Lake Pontchartrain's south shore is a New Orleans kite zone with two launches, Bucktown Marina and West End, and at both the hard part is getting into and out of the water.
Lake Silvaplana (Surlej)Switzerlandsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Silvaplana runs on the Malojawind, a thermal S/SW that comes up from the Maloja direction shortly before midday or early in the afternoon and blows hardest later in the day.
Lake St. Clair MetroparkUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Lake St. Clair Metropark sits northeast of Detroit in Harrison Township, and the only confirmed kite access is the Daysail area.
Lancing BeachUnited Kingdomsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Lancing sits on the English Channel between Worthing and Shoreham, west of Brighton, and it is one of the few south-coast beaches with a signed kitesport zone: separate teaching and freeride areas, with swimming zones you have to stay out of.
Las Terrenas (Kite Beach)Dominican Republicsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to July
Las Terrenas is on the north side of the Samaná Peninsula, and the kite spot is Kite Beach El Portillo east of town, off Calle 27 de Febrero, not the beach in the centre.
Lauwersoog (Waddenzee)Netherlandssingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Lauwersoog sits on the tidal Wadden Sea at the Groningen/Friesland border, and the tide runs the day: you ride in a window around high water, commonly two hours before to two hours after, and outside it the flats are mud.
LavanonoMadagascarsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to November
Lavanono is a wave spot on the far south coast of Madagascar, near Cape Sainte-Marie, and it is a long way from everything.
Lawrencetown BeachCanadasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Lawrencetown Beach is the Halifax surf beach, about 30 minutes east of the city on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, and it kites the way it surfs: south-facing, open Atlantic, beach-break waves most days and much bigger after a storm or a hurricane.
Le SalinelleItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Le Salinelle is the beach riders mean when they say Cefalu: an open Tyrrhenian shore at Contrada Salinelle in Lascari, about 7 km west of Cefalu along the SS113.
Levera BeachGrenadasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
wavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January to June
Levera Beach sits inside Levera National Park near Sauteurs, on the northeast coast of Grenada in Saint Patrick.
Lido Beach / Big PassUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Lido Beach is Gulf-side kiteboarding on Lido Key, at the Sarasota end of the barrier islands, and it splits into two different rides.
Lido di CannobioItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Lido di Cannobio is on the Piedmont shore of Lake Maggiore, a short drive from the Swiss border, at the mouth of the Cannobino.
Lido di VolanoItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, October and November
Lido di Volano sits where the Po Delta meets the Adriatic, in the Ferrara province, and DKWA is the spot.
Lido ManfriaItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to November
Lido Manfria sits on the Gulf of Gela, an open sandy beach that most people find under the name Mood Kite Spot at Piana Marina.
LilasteLatviasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Lilaste is an open Gulf of Riga beach north of Riga, reached from the beach parking at Ziemeļu iela 28.
LindhöftGermanysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, September and October
Lindhöft is a sand-and-pebble beach on the south shore of Eckernförder Bucht near Noer, and the reason to come is the Düseneffekt: in an easterly the narrowing bay squeezes the wind, and on fair-weather east days in early summer and autumn Lindhöft can have more wind than the exposed outer-coast spots.
Little Sable PointUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
intermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
Little Sable Point is a Lake Michigan beach in Oceana County, under a brick lighthouse inside Silver Lake State Park.
Loissin WaldkanteGermanysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
lagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Loissin Waldkante is a beginner spot on the Greifswalder Bodden, a short drive from Greifswald on Germany's Baltic coast, and the point of it is depth: you can stand for about 400 m out, waist- to chest-deep, across a wide flat area.
LomsesandenNorwaysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Lomsesanden is a real kite beach on the Lista peninsula near Farsund, and one of the more popular of the Lista beaches on a stretch of coast that counts among the region's best for water kiting.
Long Beach (Belmont Shore)USAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
beginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Belmont Shore is Long Beach's kite beach, a south-facing city shoreline sitting behind the Long Beach breakwater.
Los GenovesesSpainsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
choppywavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to May
Los Genoveses is a kitesurf spot inside Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, and the park is half the story.
LouisburghIrelandsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September and October
Louisburgh is a base town, not a single signed kite beach.
Mackenzie BeachCyprussingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled here
Typical windno range recorded
flat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Mackenzie is the shallow Larnaca bay where KiteMed teaches: more than 10 km of it, standing depth over a large area, 15 minutes by car from Larnaca.

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