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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
Battipaglia / Baia dei Delfini & CetaraItalyWindy days7%April, at CetaraTypical wind15–18 knnamed regional windbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedUnder the radar2 spots0 schoolsIn season April to September
This pairs two unrelated worlds 25km apart: Battipaglia's Baia dei Delfini is a flat, facility-equipped school beach a few minutes from Salerno, while Cetara is a boat-start-only expert spot inside a UNESCO-listed Amalfi Coast fishing village.
Asturias — Playa de La Espasa to Playa de RodilesSpainWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range3 spots0 schoolsNo season recorded
This is rural, cider-country Asturias, not a beach resort strip: three spots strung along the Caravia–Colunga–Villaviciosa coast, backed by fishing villages, sidrerías and dinosaur-footprint cliffs rather than nightlife.
Bavaria — Altmuehlsee / Schlungenhof SurfuferGermanyWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedbudget to midgear rentalEstablished2 spots2 schoolsNo season recorded
This is the Fraenkisches Seenland (Franconian Lake District), a rural inland lake region built around German domestic camping, cycling and lake tourism rather than an international kite or beach scene.
Bretagne — Baie de Lancieux to Plage du SillonFranceWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-rangegear rentalEstablished4 spots6 schoolsNo season recorded
A cluster of four spots strung along the Cote d'Emeraude between Lancieux, Saint-Lunaire, Dinard and Saint-Malo, close enough together that one base covers all of them by car in under 30 minutes.
Burriana & Playa del GurugúSpainnewly charted
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedgear rentalUnder the radar2 spots2 schoolsNo season recorded
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudgetgear rental
2 spots2 schoolsNo season recorded
A remote Cajun-coast barrier island reached by a single highway, pairing a near-empty state wildlife-refuge flatwater lagoon (Elmer's Island) with a small, real fishing town that has actual beach, bars, and restaurants (Grand Isle).
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonintermediateadvancedquietgear rental
1 spot1 schoolNo season recorded
NEOM/Sharma is not a normal travel destination yet - it's an active Saudi megaproject on the Red Sea coast, mostly under construction, with the flagship tourism piece (Sindalah island resort) still invite-only and closed to the general public as of 2025-2026.
Plage des Nations & Plage de MehdiyaMoroccoWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced2 spots0 schoolsNo season recorded
Two Atlantic wave beaches north of Rabat-Salé, about 12 km apart, reached by the coast road toward Kenitra — Plage des Nations closer to Rabat with a beachfront hotel, Plage de Mehdiya further north by the Sebou river mouth with a long, quieter stretch of sand.
Playon de Bayas & Playa de San Juan de NievaSpainWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced2 spots0 schoolsNo season recorded
An Asturian base near Avilés where the regional airport itself sits inside the same municipality as the spots — an unusually short flight-to-beach hop — paired with a quiet, unglossy, fabada-and-cider culture rather than a resort scene.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget to midquietcar neededgear rentalLocal favourite
1 spot3 schoolsNo season recorded
Rosses Point is a small west-of-Ireland seaside spot at the mouth of Sligo Harbour - more golf links and Yeats country than nightlife, so you base in Sligo town for any real evening scene and treat the Point itself as a quiet, scenic session base.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedmid-rangequietcar needed
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
A historic, understated Azores island built around the UNESCO-listed old capital Angra do Heroísmo and the more workaday Praia da Vitória, home to the island's only real sand beach and a joint US-Portuguese air base.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedmid-rangeUnder the radar
2 spots0 schoolsNo season recorded
Zarautz and Zurriola pair a laid-back Basque surf town with a proper city beach inside San Sebastian's Gros district, on a coast better known for surfing and pintxos than for kiting.
- 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.
25th Street LBIUSAsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to November
25th Street is the bay side of Long Beach Island: flat, shallow Barnegat Bay water over mud and sand.
AchivadolimniGreecesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Achivadolimni is one of the longest sandy beaches on Milos, on the Gulf of Adamas, and with Papikinou it is where the island's board sports happen.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season January to July
Adícora is a long-established wind-sports town on the northeast coast of the Paraguaná Peninsula, in Falcón.
Agadir BayMoroccosingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Agadir Bay is a secondary spot: the city beach, not a reason to book a Morocco trip.
Agios Nikolaos lagoonGreecesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season February and July
This is the Agios Nikolaos on Crete, not the kite lagoon of the same name near Lefkada and Preveza.
Aglou PlageMoroccosingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Aglou sits on the Tiznit coast south of Agadir, and what is written about it is thin.
Agon-CoutainvilleFrancesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Agon-Coutainville is a big sandy beach on the west Cotentin coast, and the stretch by the sailing school is one of the four main lesson locations for the local mobile kite school.
Ainsdale BeachUnited Kingdomsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppywavesbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to November
Ainsdale sits on the Sefton coast south of Southport, and it is one of the few UK beaches where kite sports are formally zoned rather than merely tolerated.
Al AshkharahOmansingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesadvancedexpensive1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Al Ashkharah is a specialist wave spot on Oman's exposed Arabian Sea coast, and the water riders actually go for is the Aseelah/Al Ashkarah break about 12 km north of Aseelah rather than the town beach.
Al Mirfa / Al RuwaisUAEsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season September to April
This is a run of western Abu Dhabi coast rather than one launch.
Al Sawadi BeachOmansingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid to high1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Al Sawadi Beach is a real kite area on the Al Batinah coast north of Muscat, though the public information constantly blends Sawadi Beach, the Mussanah resort beaches and the Barka listings next door.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterchoppybeginner-friendlyintermediateexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season November to March
Al Wakrah is the easy Gulf session out of Doha, 25 minutes south, on a public beach that turns up in kite directories as Al Arouba or Wakrah Park.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Albenga rides off the free beach at the mouth of the Centa, the practical launch for kite, wingfoil and windsurf on this part of the Riviera di Ponente.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Alghero works as a group of beaches rather than one launch.
Aliki OroposGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Oropos is the afternoon-thermal beach on the South Evoikos Gulf, facing Evia, about an hour north of Athens; on the map it shows up as Skala Oropou or Skala Oropou (Halkoutsi), and 'Aliki Oropos' is the same stretch of sand.
Amager StrandparkDenmarksingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsIn season April, May, September and October
Amager Strandpark is the easiest kite beach in Denmark to reach without a car: M2 metro from Copenhagen Airport, board bag and all.
Ameland (Hollum / Noordzee)Netherlandssingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to November
Ameland (Hollum / Noordzee) is the western end of the island's North Sea kite zone, the stretch between beach poles 3 and 4 at Hollum.
Ammoglossa KeramotisGreecesingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediate1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Ammoglossa is a sand spit, roughly 5 km of it, running out from Keramoti port into the Aegean with pine forest behind and beach on both sides, not far from where the Nestos reaches the sea in Kavala's corner of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
Ammoudara (Heraklion)Greecesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to September
Ammoudara is the long sandy beach immediately west of Heraklion, in the Gulf of Heraklion on Crete's north coast, and one of the better-documented kite beaches on the island.
Amwaj IslandBahrainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season January, February, June, July, November and December
Amwaj is a man-made island in Muharraq Governorate, northeast of Muharraq Island and about 10 minutes from Bahrain International Airport.
AnakaoMadagascarsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season June to October
Anakao is a fishing village on Madagascar's southwest coast, with Nosy Ve sitting offshore and a lagoon and reef system in between.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Anavyssos is a U-shaped bay about 1.3 km long on the Saronic side of the Sounion peninsula, south of Athens on road 91, with a wide sandy beach and a sea floor that stays under about 2 m across the whole bay.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedexpensive
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Andora, or Marina di Andora on the signs, sits on the Riviera di Ponente, and its one real asset is the Capo Mimosa thermal: around 15 knots in spring or summer on days when the rest of Liguria is flat.
Anguib BeachPhilippinessingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to March
Anguib Beach, or Anguib Cove, is a white-sand cove in Santa Ana, Cagayan, near San Vicente at the top of Luzon.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to October
Anissaras is a chain of small sandy beaches on Crete's north coast, 21 km east of Heraklion and right beside Hersonissos.
Anomabo BeachGhanasingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediatebudget1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Anomabo sits on the coast of Ghana's Central Region, about 12 km east of Cape Coast, under the walls of Fort William, the old Anomabu Castle from the Atlantic trade era.
Anse a la GourdeGuadeloupesingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to April
Anse a la Gourde is on the Saint-Francois side of Grande-Terre, out toward Pointe des Chateaux: a public white-sand beach with a coral barrier reef across the front of it.
Arpoador da TutóiaBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season August to December
Arpoador da Tutoia is a fishing hamlet on the Maranhao coast between the Delta do Parnaiba and the Pequenos Lencois, with an IKO center sitting right on Praia do Arpoador.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, June, July, September and October
Athaiba is the old kite-spot spelling for the Muscat launch everyone now calls Azaiba, listed as Alzaiba/Athaiba Beach at 23.605, 58.3767 on the Gulf of Oman.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range
1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to October
Ayia Napa is a resort town first and a kite spot second.
Baia DomiziaItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Baia Domizia is a long sand beach on the litorale domitio, between Cellole, Sessa Aurunca and Mondragone in the Gulf of Gaeta.
Baie des SignesMadagascarsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season August to October
Baie des Signes is the bay a couple of kilometres west of Fort-Dauphin, on the Ambinanibe and Vinanibe sand strip in Anosy.
Bangui / Kingfisher BeachPhilippinessingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season October to April
Kingfisher is the kite and windsurf beach at Kingfisher Resort and Kite Surfing Hotel in Barangay Caparispisan, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte: fine white sand and coral, more than 200 m of shallow flat water with no undercurrent, then a reef roughly 175 m out where right-hand waves break.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Bar Beach is the northern end of the Bar-Dixon Park-Merewether ocean beach on the south side of central Newcastle, and it is a wave spot: open Tasman swell, a heavy shorebreak, a rip at each end.
Barka Kite BeachOmansingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedflat waterbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedmid-range1 spot0 schoolsIn season every month
Barka Kite Beach is a listed kitesurf and wingfoil spot on Oman's Al Batinah coast near Barka, and the coordinates that hold up are 23.7089, 57.9622 rather than the ones in the seed record.
Barra de CamaratubaBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Barra de Camaratuba is on Paraiba's north coast and the kiting is at Boca da Barra, where the Rio Camaratuba runs into the Atlantic.
Barra do CunhaúBrazilsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to January
Barra do Cunhau is the Curimatau river mouth near Canguaretama and Pipa in Rio Grande do Norte, and the reason to come is the lagoon: big, flat, with a stand-deep area large enough to spend a whole session in.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsIn season May to September
Båstad is an area rather than one launch: the local schools pick the beach to suit the day's wind, so the map point covers several movable launches instead of one kite beach.
Benicàssim (Terrers)Spainsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedchoppywavesintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season April to September
Els Terrers is the urban beach on the Benicassim seafront, facing east into the Mediterranean, fine sand with a promenade right behind it and a sailing school on it.
- Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesintermediateadvanced
1 spot0 schoolsNo season recorded
Bouznika is an Atlantic beach break on the Casablanca-Rabat coast, and the kite record on it is thinner than for Morocco's main kite towns.
Buen HombreDominican Republicsingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedlagoonbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season December to September
Buen Hombre is a fishing village on the north-west coast in Monte Cristi Province, about a 3-hour drive from Cabarete, and the kiting is a reef lagoon in front of the village: flat, shallow, some of it only inches deep.
Bugazskaya KosaRussiasingle spot
Windy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvancedbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season May, June, August, September and October
Bugazskaya Kosa is a spit on the Taman Peninsula between Blagoveshchenskaya and Veselovka, shallow Bugaz/Kiziltash Liman on one side, the Black Sea on the other.
Cabedelo do DouroPortugalsingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to August
Cabedelo do Douro is the sandy spit at the mouth of the Douro River, on the Vila Nova de Gaia side just south of Porto.
Cabo PolonioUruguaysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedwavesbudget1 spot0 schoolsIn season July to March
Cabo Polonio is not a kite spot.
Cadzand-BadNetherlandssingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March, April, May, September, October and November
Cadzand-Bad sits on the Dutch-Belgian border in Zeeland, and it is really two beaches rather than one.
CalambroneItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season every month
Calambrone is a stretch of the Litorale Pisano just north of Livorno port, and it is less one spot than a line of launches: Tarpons Bay by the Scolmatore, Oasi del Mare, and gates further up toward Tirrenia.
Calis Beach (Fethiye)Turkeysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendly1 spot0 schoolsIn season January to March
Calis Beach is a long sand strip north of Fethiye town, backed by a promenade of hotels and cafes, and it is a package-holiday beach before it is a kite spot.
Campo di MareItalysingle spotWindy daysnot modelled hereTypical windno range recordedbeginner-friendlyintermediateadvanced1 spot0 schoolsIn season March to October
Campo di Mare is a Cerveteri and Ladispoli beach that several Rome-area schools work off, and its one real asset is a Ponente thermal that adds 6-8 knots over the base wind in spring, June and July.
