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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.
Tunnels BeachUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Tunnels is on the Kauai north shore, and what it gives you is reef and wave, not flat water.
Tybee Island 19th StreetUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to August
The south tip of Tybee Island at 19th Street, about 18 miles out from Savannah, is a tide spot before it is anything else.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Urla means Gülbahçe beach, west of İzmir and northeast of Alaçatı on the Çeşme peninsula, and it is a working kite spot rather than a resort strip.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to January
Uruaú is a fishing village in Beberibe, 120 km southeast of Fortaleza, with a small freshwater lagoon on one side of the sand and the open Atlantic on the other.
Uvero AltoDominican Republicsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to December
Uvero Alto is the kite option at the north end of the Punta Cana resort strip, and the honest version is that the wind is the weak part.
Vacala BayFijisingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
Vacala Bay is a private villa with its own kite school at Matei, on Taveuni Island.
Varadero (Kite Beach)Cubasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Varadero's kite beach is the east end of the Hicacos Peninsula, in front of the Marina Palace / Paradisus resort strip, where the sand is widest and the bathers thin out.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to October
Ventspils is a real kitesurfing spot on Latvia's west coast, south of the harbour, with a designated surfer beach kept separate from the central swimming beach.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to May
Vindicio is the Formia side of the Gulf of Gaeta: a short sandy beach, clean water, and anything from flat to chop to small waves depending on the day.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, June, August, September and October
Vitsand sits on Gotland's east coast, near Åminne and Slite.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, June, August, September and October
Vivesholm sits about 1 km northwest of Klintehamn harbour on the west side of Gotland, and the Gotland riders mostly call it Tjurudden.
VourvourouGreecesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Vourvourou sits on the east side of the Sithonia peninsula in Halkidiki, a sheltered bay with the islets around Diaporos scattered across it.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediatebudget
1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to April
Vung Tau is a weekend beach city about two hours from Ho Chi Minh City, and the kiting is on Bai Sau, the long open beach on the seaward side of the peninsula.
Waddell CreekUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Waddell blows most summer afternoons: strong northwest wind down the Santa Cruz Coast, side-onshore onto the long sandy beach at Waddell State Beach, in the Rancho del Oso section of Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
Walchensee / ZwergernGermanysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to August
Zwergern, Zwergerlinsel on most kite pages, is the peninsula launch on Walchensee and it runs on thermal alone.
Wasaga Beach (Beach Area 6)Canadasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Wasaga Beach Area 6 is the kite launch at the western end of the beach, and the water is the reason to come: sand bottom, very shallow a long way out, fresh, and about 22 C in July and August, when a shorty or nothing does the job.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September and December
Watamu is not one launch.
Watch HillUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, June, September, October, November and December
Watch Hill has two faces: the ocean side, and the bay side of Little Narragansett Bay around Napatree and Sandy Point.
Watergate BayUnited Kingdomsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, September, October and November
Watergate Bay is a two-mile Atlantic beach on the north-Cornwall coast just north of Newquay, an exposed surf beach that turns into a very large kite venue once the tide drops.
Waukegan Municipal BeachUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Waukegan Municipal Beach sits on the Illinois shore of Lake Michigan north of Chicago: a mile of sand with dunes behind it and marina access at one end, freshwater, so nothing here turns on a tide.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediate
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to June
Wenchang's kite beach is Gaolong Bay, on the northeast/east coast of Hainan, and it is the island's beginner bay: sheltered water, gentle waves, no hidden rocks, and sand wide enough to lay out lines over 20 m with room to spare.
Westerland / K4 (Sylt)Germanysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
K4 is not in Westerland at all: it is on the open west coast of Sylt between Rantum and Hörnum, at about kilometer 4 south of Rantum (or kilometer 4 from Hörnum, depending on who is counting), reached from the K4/Möskental car park with a walk of about 5 minutes over the dunes.
Westward Ho!United Kingdomsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterwavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, September and October
Westward Ho!
Whiskey Run BeachUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Whiskey Run is a wave and downwinder beach on the south Oregon coast, a short drive north of Bandon.
Wildcat ParkUSAsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Wildcat Park is the Portland side of Corpus Christi Bay, a grassy public park at Violet Andrews Park with a narrow shoreline where the local kite, wing and windsurf crowd rides.
Witsand (Breede River)South Africasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to April
Witsand is flat water behind a sandy spit at the mouth of the Breede River estuary, and the flat is the real thing: the sandbar keeps the sea out, and at low tide more sandbars come up and the slick gets bigger.
Xiamen Beach (Huandao Road strip)Chinasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to March
Xiamen's kite beach is Haiyuntai, the stretch of Huandao South Road coast next to the Asia Gulf Hotel and running toward Huangcuo: flat coast, wide fine sand, few tourists, close to the city center.
YanbuSaudi Arabiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Yanbu is a Red Sea port city on the Saudi west coast, and what exists publicly describes a city and an event calendar more than a mapped kite beach.
Yas IslandUAEsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to April
Yas Island is a real kite beach on the Abu Dhabi side, shallow and flat with chop, and it is rideable at any level when the tide plays along.
Yeysk (Eiskaya Kosa)Russiasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Yeysk has been a Sea of Azov wind-sports town for decades, and the kiting sits around Eiskaya Kosa, Akvatoria Leta, the yacht-club end of the spit and the city beaches.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Zapponeta rides at Ippocampo, on the beach 6 km north of town up the coast road, where the sand is dark and ferrous.
Żarnowska (Łebsko Lake)Polandsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Żarnowska sits on the eastern shore of Lake Łebsko, a shallow freshwater lagoon that the dune forests of Słowiński National Park cut off from the Baltic.
