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Kitesurfing in Ciego de Avila

2 spots · 1 destination · 1 schools

Jardines del Rey resort riding defines Ciego de Avila: Cayo Coco spreads its launches across several hotel zones, with Playa Las Coloradas and Playa Larga running schools, while neighboring Cayo Guillermo's Playa El Paso is Cuba's best-documented kite spot, a warm shallow sandy lagoon working the winter trades from November through April.

Ciego de Avila holds 2 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 1 destination. Riding here is mostly lagoons. The season runs January to April. Every spot suits beginners. 1 school operates in the region. The busiest areas are Cayo Coco.

When you may ride

the rules these spots carry, with the year on each

Cayo CocoCayo Coco20262026: kiteboarding inside the hotel zones is allowed only in the designated kite areas, locally called Polygono.
2026: kiteboarding inside the hotel zones is allowed only in the designated kite areas, locally called Polygono.

The whole rule, on the Cayo Coco page

Playa El PasoCayo Guillermo, north shore (Morón municipality)20262026: in the Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco hotel zones you kite only inside the designated Polygono (Polígono) zones run by Náutica Marlin, the state watersports operator.
2026: in the Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco hotel zones you kite only inside the designated Polygono (Polígono) zones run by Náutica Marlin, the state watersports operator.

The whole rule, on the Playa El Paso page

Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.

The winds here

what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote

No wind is named across this region

Fewer than two of its spots give the wind a local name. Each spot page carries its own directions and knots.

The spots this region is known for

tier 2 of the 2 spots here

Cayo Coco

Destinations in Ciego de Avila

All spots in Ciego de Avila

Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z; the block above it is the tier order.

Last updated September 2026