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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.
Saint-Laurent-du-VarFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Saint-Laurent-du-Var is the urban spot on the west side of Nice airport: you park at Cap 3000, walk through to the nautical-centre beach next to Plage Cousteau, and rig on pebbles between palm trees and the road.
Saint-Michel-en-GreveFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Saint-Michel-en-Grève sits at the back of the Lieue de Grève, a 4 km sand bay between Morlaix and Lannion that empties almost completely on a big tide.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Salmistu is on Estonia's north coast in Kuusalu Parish, east of Tallinn, and shows up on the spot maps as Salmistu/Valkla.
San Andrés (San Luis)Colombiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to July
San Luis, which you will also see called El Paraíso, is the kite beach on the east side of San Andrés Island, Colombia.
San JuanPuerto Ricosingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to July
San Juan means Ocean Park, an Atlantic-facing city beach that also goes by La Bomba or Kite Beach.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
San Leone is Agrigento's city beach and it does work as a kite spot: chop with small to medium waves, no tide to plan around, and a launch small enough that you notice it straight away.
Sandy Hook BaysideUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October, November and December
Sandy Hook Bayside is the Raritan Bay side of the Sandy Hook unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, reached from Lot B: park, carry the gear across the road, and launch off the sandbar at low tide across from the end of the lot.
Sanlúcar de BarramedaSpainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Sanlúcar's kite zone is Playa La Jara, locally called Afrikano.
Santa Maria del FocalloItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, July, September, October and November
Santa Maria del Focallo is ridden around the Zuma Beach and Floripa kite-school setup rather than as an undefined 5 km of sand, and that distinction is the thing to get right before you drive down.
Santa Pola (La Gola)Spainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Santa Pola is a Costa Blanca wind-sports town: shallow bay water, flat to chop, and a warm-season Garbi/Llebeig thermal that starts in the morning and builds through the day.
Saulkrasti / KoklītesLatviasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Koklītes is the Zvejniekciems launch on the east side of the Gulf of Riga, about 4 km north of Saulkrasti centre.
SchiermonnikoogNetherlandssingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, April, May, September, October and November
Schiermonnikoog is legal for kiting on exactly one stretch: the North Sea activity beach between Paal 3 and Paal 5.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to May
Schinias is the beach Athens kiters drive to, a long shallow sandy bay on Marathon Bay in northeast Attica with the pine forest of the Schinias-Marathon National Park behind it.
Schladitzer See / Schladitzer BuchtGermanysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Schladitzer Bucht is a managed kitebeach on Schladitzer See, a flooded lignite pit about 11 km north of Leipzig.
Seaside Park (Bayside)USAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Seaside Park Bayside is the Barnegat Bay side of the New Jersey barrier peninsula, not the Atlantic beach on the far side of it.
Seco IslandPhilippinessingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Seco Island is a sandbar in the Sulu Sea west of Panay, and the trip is the whole point: open sand, shallow flat water, and Amihan wind that blows harder than Boracay's.
Second BeachUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season June, July, August, October and November
Second Beach, Sachuest Beach on the town maps, is a mile of south-facing Atlantic sand in Middletown, Rhode Island.
SenigalliaItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, March and April
Senigallia is a Marche spot with an authorized kite beach on the south seafront, at Lungomare Leonardo da Vinci 95, with synthetic-grass rigging mats and parking right behind it.
Shallow InletAustraliasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Shallow Inlet is the flat-water inlet beside Sandy Point, 2.5-3 hours southeast of Melbourne on the road to Wilsons Promontory, and the tide runs the session.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, April, July, August, September and December
Shela Beach runs wide and quiet down the side of Lamu Island, sand the whole way, no coral, and less traffic on the water than Watamu.
Shivrajpur BeachIndiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Shivrajpur is a Blue Flag-certified beach about 14.5km from Dwarka railway station, one of only eight Indian beaches to hold that certification when it was first awarded.
Silver BeachAustraliasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Kurnell is what riders call Silver Beach, the south shore of Botany Bay, and it is one of the windier bay spots in Sydney.
Siouville-HagueFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Siouville-Hague is Normandy's best-known wave beach: a long fine-sand strip on the exposed west coast of the Cotentin between the Biville dunes and the Plate headland at Flamanville, open to long Atlantic swell.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvancedbudget
1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to February
Sipacate is a surf beach that turns up on kite maps, and the wind is the reason to be careful with it.
Skaering StrandDenmarksingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Skæring Strand is the local surf beach north of Aarhus on the sheltered Kattegat side of Aarhus Bay, and the stretch the windsurfers and kiters have used for years has its own nickname, Skæring Surf Beach.
Skala KallonisGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season every month
Skala Kallonis is a lagoon-flat spot inside the Gulf of Kalloni, in the middle of Lesvos.
Soldatka (Soldatskiy Plyazh)Kazakhstansingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, June and July
Soldatka, or Soldatskiy Plyazh, is a city beach on the Caspian shore of Aktau, in the Primorskiy-1 area: wide sand, cafes and parking, with flat-to-choppy water and small waves.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Sopot is an urban Baltic kite spot on Gdańsk Bay, halfway along Poland's Tri-City coast.
South HavenUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
South Haven sits on the east shore of Lake Michigan with its beaches split by the harbor channel: a small public launch on the south side, the bigger public beach on the north.
Spiagge Bianche VadaItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, October and November
Spiagge Bianche is the white strip between Rosignano Solvay and Vada, and the kite reference point is Circolo Nautico Lillatro at the north end of the bay.
Spiaggia di BarricataItalysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Barricata is the sea-beach half of a Po Delta operation in Porto Tolle: the base sits at Lido Barricata from April to September, then moves inland to Sacca del Canarin and Sacca degli Scardovari from October to March.
Spiaggia di SiracusaItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Porto Grande is Syracuse's natural harbour, a bay of roughly 1,200 metres with the walled old town of Ortigia across the water.
Spring BaySaint Vincent and the Grenadinessingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January to June
Spring Bay is on Bequia's windward east coast, next to Industry Bay and Crescent Beach.
Steinhuder Meer / Mardorfer StrandGermanysingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Mardorfer Strand is the only place you can kite on Steinhuder Meer, a big shallow lake west of Hannover: the buoyed surf and kite area on the north shore at Mardorf/Weiße Düne, and nowhere else.
StrandSouth Africasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to March
Strand sits on the north-eastern shore of False Bay between Somerset West and Gordon's Bay, and the water is warmer than anything on the Atlantic side of Cape Town.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediatebudget
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Stroomi, Pelguranna or Pelgurand on some maps, is Tallinn's city kite beach on the Kopli Bay side of north Tallinn.
StruisbaaiSouth Africasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to February
Struisbaai sits on the Cape Agulhas coast and gives you two different sessions.
Surfside BeachUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to May
Surfside Beach is a Gulf Coast wave spot near Freeport, sandy bottom and sandbar peaks rather than a flatwater training ground.
Tabuhan Island / BanyuwangiIndonesiasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to November
Pulau Tabuhan is a small uninhabited island in the Bali Strait off Bangsring, Banyuwangi, and one of Indonesia's better-documented remote flat-water kite spots.
Taghazout (Banana Village)Moroccosingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Taghazout is a surf town that kites, not the other way round.
Tahunanui BeachNew Zealandsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to April
Tahunanui is Nelson's kite beach, a few minutes from both the airport and the city.
Tannum Sands BeachAustraliasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
Tannum Sands is Gladstone's beach, 25-30 km southeast of town on the central Queensland coast, and it rides on the summer sea breeze: 12-18 knots most afternoons from September to March, E to SE on the good days.
Tawas PointUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to November
Tawas Point is a sand spit curling off the Michigan shore of Lake Huron, open water on one side and shallow Tawas Bay on the other.
Tbilisi LakeGeorgiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Tbilisi Sea, also called Tbilisi Lake or the Tbilisi Reservoir, is a big freshwater reservoir on the northeastern/eastern edge of Tbilisi, 8 km from the centre, and the kite launch is Bollywood Beach on its shore: grass, parking, one small club.
The Bluff, HayleUnited Kingdomsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
The Bluff sits at the eastern mouth of the Hayle estuary in St Ives Bay, and the reason to come is the rivermouth: as the tide drops, shifting sandbars leave flat lagoons and wind-against-tide kickers.
Thung Wua Lean BeachThailandsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to March
Thung Wua Laen is a long sandy Gulf of Thailand beach north of Chumphon city, and it lives on the winter northeast monsoon.
Tiberias / Sea of GalileeIsraelsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
The entry is named for Tiberias, but the kite spot riders actually use is Diamond Beach, on the eastern shore of the lake, on Road 92 between Kursi and Ramot.
Tico Wind (Lake Arenal West End)Costa Ricasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Tico Wind is the wind-sports center on the western end of Lake Arenal, on Route 142 near Tilaran, and it is there because this end of the lake is where the trades funnel through the mountains.
Tigertail BeachUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to May
Tigertail Beach on Marco Island is a lagoon behind a spit with the Gulf of Mexico on the far side, and the two give completely different rides.
Tiki Beach (Pozzallo)Italysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Open sea, not a lagoon.
Tiscornia BeachUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to May
Tiscornia Beach sits where the St. Joseph River meets Lake Michigan, north of the long pier and the North Pier Lighthouse.
TorkelstorpSwedensingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, June, October and December
Torkelstorp is a flat-water spot on Kungsbackafjorden, south of Kungsbacka and close enough to Gothenburg for an after-work session.
Torre di GaffeItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
Torre di Gaffe sits at the western end of the Licata coast, between Licata and Palma di Montechiaro, a kite beach that windsurfers and surfers use too.
Torre GuacetoItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Kitesurfing at Torre Guaceto means the Apani/Punta Penne bay just south of the protected zone, near Brindisi.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to December
Torrões is the estuary of the Rio Aracati-Mirim, 4 km east of Almofala and 17 km from the centre of Itarema, and it is where people go when Praia da Barra is full.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September and October
Tramore is a 5 km Atlantic strand under a seaside town on the County Waterford coast: small to medium waves, clean water, and enough beach that launching is never the problem.
Treasure Cay BeachBahamassingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to May
Treasure Cay Beach is roughly 3 miles of white sand on the north side of Great Abaco, shallow turquoise water off the beach and a sandbar to the south-east where the flat water is.
Treffort / Lac de Monteynard-AvignonetFrancesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Two winds, two launches, one narrow reservoir at about 500 m altitude, 30 minutes south of Grenoble.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Tūja is an open-coast Baltic spot on the Vidzeme side of the Gulf of Riga, and the easiest way in is through the Jūrasdzeņi camping beach.
Tullan StrandIrelandsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to February
Tullan Strand is 2 km of open sand running north from Bundoran, one of Ireland's better-known surf towns, toward the Erne Estuary, and the first thing to understand is that it is a surf beach kiters sometimes use, not a kite beach.
