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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.
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.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Petobego, also listed as Maple Bay, is a shallow sand-bottom corner of Grand Traverse Bay near Elk Rapids: flat on the inside, chop and small rollers once you are outside.
Petoskey State ParkUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Petoskey State Park gives you about a mile of sandy shoreline on Little Traverse Bay, a semi-sheltered arm of Lake Michigan between Petoskey and Harbor Springs.
Pigeon PointTrinidad and Tobagosingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to May
Pigeon Point is Tobago's organized kite base, inside Pigeon Point Heritage Park at Crown Point.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to February
Pirangi do Norte is a built-up beach south of Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, a light-wind freeride and learning spot rather than a destination.
Pistol RiverUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Pistol River is the exposed Pacific end of the South Oregon Coast wind scene, at Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint south of Gold Beach, and it was a windsurfing venue long before it was a kite one.
Plage de la FalaiseFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Plage de la Falaise is the Guidel-Plages beach at the mouth of the Laïta, west of Lorient: a big sandy Atlantic beach that surfers use and that kiters launch from at any tide.
Plage de LozariFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Lozari is a big open sand beach on the Balagne coast near Belgodère and Palasca, east of L'Île-Rousse, and the wind that matters is the Libecciu from the west: side-on to side-shore on the north-west-facing sand, 20-26 knots on a working day with a published average of 26.1 knots.
Plage du RicantoFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, April, September and November
Ricanto is Ajaccio's town beach for kiting: a long strip of sand with the airport approach at one end and the port at the other, and it is where the local kite and wing crowd meets, foilers included.
Playa BlancaDominican Republicsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, July, August and December
Playa Blanca is the kite beach inside Puntacana Resort & Club, next to Club Med and about 4 km from the airport, run by Kite Club Punta Cana.
Playa de Cabo de GataSpainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Playa de Cabo de Gata is a long open beach on the Almeria coast, between the village of Cabo de Gata and the Las Salinas salt pans, and all of it sits inside Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park.
Playa de SomoSpainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Somo is the main kite and surf beach at the eastern entrance to the Bahia de Santander.
Plumb BeachUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Plumb Beach is Brooklyn's kite launch, on the Jamaica Bay shoreline at the entrance to Gerritsen Creek, with the Belt Parkway running right behind the sand.
Podersdorf am See (Nord-Nord Strand)Austriasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September and October
Nord-Nord Strand is the kite beach at Podersdorf am See on Lake Neusiedl, the flagship Austrian lake spot, and the wind comes with the weather, not with the afternoon.
Point BetsieUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Point Betsie sits on Lake Michigan north of Frankfort, and riders call the beach there Kite Beach.
Pointe FaulaMartiniquesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to June
Pointe Faula is the main kitesurf and wing spot at Le Vauclin, on Martinique's southeast Atlantic coast.
Policoro LidoItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Policoro Lido is a sandy strip on the Basilicata stretch of the Ionian coast, in the Metapontino south of Matera, and it is the only clear kite entry anyone has documented on that shore.
Ponta das CanasBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to October
Ponta das Canas is the north tip of Ilhabela, inside the Sao Sebastiao channel, and it is a ramp launch, not a beach.
Ponta ZavoraMozambiquesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to December
Ponta Zavora is a remote kite spot on the Inhambane coast, at Praia de Zavora about 27-28 km east of Inharrime and a long way south of Tofo.
Port Aransas South JettyUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to July
Port Aransas South Jetty is the Gulf side of Mustang Island, a wave and freeride beach beside a long rock jetty.
Portland Harbour / WeymouthUnited Kingdomsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Portland Harbour, on the Dorset south coast, is enclosed water: the breakwaters, Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland keep the swell out, so you get flat, protected riding at almost any tide state.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Portonovo is a bay under Monte Conero, just south of Ancona, and the water changes character with the name of the wind.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Possidi Cape is the western tip of the Kassandra peninsula in Halkidiki, a sand spit running out into the Thermaic Gulf.
Praia da AguieiraSpainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Praia da Aguieira sits on the Porto do Son side of the Ria de Muros e Noia, a long C-shaped beach of white sand and dunes with a launch area big enough to rig on even at high tide.
Praia da ConchaBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to January
Praia da Concha is Itacaré's town beach, close to the centre and facing the Rio de Contas mouth and Pontal, and it is the main kite spot in town, though the local surf-school world barely mentions kites at all.
Praia da DanielaBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to November
Praia da Daniela is the sheltered bay on the northwest of Santa Catarina Island, 23-26 km from the centre of Florianópolis, and it is where the schools take beginners on a NE day: flat to choppy, shallow near the shore, no real surf.
Praia de CandeiasBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Candeias is a 3 km urban beach in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, south of Recife in Pernambuco, and the kiting happens on the stretch near Academia do Gol, just past the Bompreco.
Praia de ManguinhosBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to January
Manguinhos is the bay-side beach of Buzios: roughly 8 km of curved sand on the north/northeast-facing side of the peninsula, which is why the NE holds better here than on the ocean beaches.
Praia de Porto PimPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Praia de Porto Pim is the sheltered bay beach in Horta, on Faial.
Praia de São Pedro de MacedaPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Maceda is a long open Atlantic beach south of Espinho, backed by the Ovar dune pine forest and quiet in a way the resort beaches up the coast are not.
Praia de São TorpesPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
São Torpes is the best-documented spot in this group, an open-ocean Alentejo beach a short drive south of Sines with clean small to medium waves and shallow access off the sand.
Praia de TremembéBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to December
Praia de Tremembé is on the eastern Ceará coast, 6 km from Icapuí, and everything here is timed to the tide.
Praia do CabedeloPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
First, the name: this is Cabedelo at Figueira da Foz, on the Mondego mouth, not the better-known Cabedelo at Viana do Castelo.
Praia do CarvalhalPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Carvalhal is a wide Atlantic beach 5 km south of Praia da Comporta and 3 km from Carvalhal village, 130-150 m of sand at its widest, with organized parking and restaurants behind it.
Praia do FlamengoBrazilsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to February
Praia do Flamengo is Salvador's city kite beach, on the open Atlantic in the Stella Maris/Aleluia stretch a few minutes from the airport.
Praia do FogueteBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
Praia do Foguete is a long, fairly empty ocean beach on the road between Cabo Frio and Arraial do Cabo, and it takes wind from most directions.
Praia Fluvial da Albufeira de Santa ClaraPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
A freshwater reservoir beach beside Santa Clara-a-Velha, in the Odemira district, with a bathing zone, a floating platform, parking, WC and lifeguards.
Praia SecaBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
Praia Seca is the south shore of Lagoa de Araruama, about 3 hours by bus from Rio, and it is where the Rio crowd learns: the lagoon is shallow enough to stand in for most of a lesson, the bottom is sand and there is no tide to think about.
Progreso BeachMexicosingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to June
Progreso is the workable kite beach on the north coast of Yucatán, about 30 km north of Merida, and the zone riders use is Playon, the wide sand downwind of the long Progreso pier where the local schools set up.
Puclaro ReservoirChilesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to April
Puclaro Reservoir is a dam lake in the Elqui Valley, Chile, east of La Serena and 15 minutes by car from Vicuna, and the wind is the reason to drive up.
Punta ChamePanamasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to April
Punta Chame is a narrow sand peninsula on Panama's Pacific side, 90-120 minutes from Panama City, and the kiting all happens on the bay side to the north where the peninsula blocks the ocean swell.
Punta GallinasColombiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterwavesintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to August
Punta Gallinas is the northern tip of mainland South America, a long 4x4 day through Wayuu desert from Riohacha via Mayapo or Cabo de la Vela, and nobody goes for one session.
Punta Saline (Olbia)Italysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Le Saline sits on the Gulf of Olbia a few kilometres from the airport, and that is the practical reason to come: land at OLB and you can be rigging 6-15 minutes later.
Punta UmbriaSpainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to September
Punta Umbria is a working Huelva kite area with three named zones: La Canaleta, La Ria and El Camaron.
Qurum BeachOmansingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to April
Qurum Beach is Muscat's city beach, a long strip of sand at Shatti Al-Qurum facing the Gulf of Oman, and kiting here is a local habit rather than a trip.
Raches (Fthiotida)Greecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Raches is an established mainland Greek kite spot on the Malian Gulf coast of Fthiotida, 32 km from Lamia and about 2 km outside Raches village.
Rada TillyArgentinasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to March
Rada Tilly is a west-wind beach that faces east, and that one fact decides everything about riding here.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Ragaciems sits on the western side of the Gulf of Riga, and the official launch is Ragaciema pludmale at the end of Zvejnieku iela.
Represa Gallito CiegoPerusingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to January
Represa Gallito Ciego is an inland freshwater reservoir on the Jequetepeque River in Yonán district, close to the Cajamarca-La Libertad boundary, about 1h30 inland from Pacasmayo.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season February to June
Retamar is the beach east of Almeria city, out past El Toyo, and it is where you go when Costa Cabana is too onshore.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
The kite beach at Rethymno, on the north coast of Crete, is the long municipal strip east of the old town and the ferry port: wide sand, open water, no tide to plan around, chop with small to medium waves.
Rio LagartosMexicosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to June
Rio Lagartos is remote kiting on the north coast of Yucatán, and none of it happens off the town waterfront.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, September and October
Ristna is the exposed western tip of Hiiumaa's Kõpu Peninsula, an open Baltic Sea beach where SW is the usual and best wind, N is very good, and W comes in mostly onshore with waves.
Romanos BeachGreecesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to August
Romanos Beach is a west-facing Ionian sand beach in Messinia, next to Costa Navarino, and the wind is a summer thermal rather than something you can bank on.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, September, October and November
Rømø is a Danish North Sea island with a beach so wide and hard-packed that you drive onto it and park next to your kite.
Rooster RockUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
Rooster Rock is an east-wind launch on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, inside Rooster Rock State Park, used by kiters, windsurfers, wingers and parawings.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedbudget to high
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Rovinj is a rocky-coast town on the west of Istria and only an occasional kite spot.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Rye Front Beach is on the Port Phillip side of the Mornington Peninsula, about 100 km from Melbourne, and it is a winter spot.
Sabaudia (Foceverde / Bufalara)Italysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Foce Verde is the working stretch of a long sandy Tyrrhenian bay running from Torre Astura to San Felice Circeo, on the Sabaudia and Latina coast of southern Lazio, and riders move along it, sometimes a few hundred metres, sometimes kilometres, to get the wind at a usable angle.
Saint-Aubin-sur-MerFrancesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to November
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is a chalk-cliff Channel beach on the Cote d'Albatre, and the tide runs the show: at low water there is a big sandy beach, at high water not much.
Saint-AygulfFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Saint-Aygulf is the Argens river mouth at Frejus, a Riviera beach that matters more than it looks because summer kiting on the Cote d'Azur is otherwise scarce.
