Kitesurfing in Talsi novads
2 spots · 1 destination
Two modest Gulf of Riga beaches carry this stretch of the Talsi coast.
Roja sits north of the harbour mole on sandy, shallow water with chop and small waves, best worked on northerly through easterly synoptic wind. Mērsrags trades that for a lagoon-plus-sea setup near Engure Lake Nature Park, pulling freeriders and freestylers south when Bērzciems fills up.
Talsi novads holds 2 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 1 destination. The season runs May to October. Every spot suits beginners. The busiest areas are Cape Kolka.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
MērsragsBaltic coast20262026: the individual protection and use regulation for Nature Park Engure Lake (Cabinet Regulation No. 596, 2012, amended 2023) restricts vessel use, bans internal-combustion engines and water scooters on Engure Lake, and in the nature reserve zone bans riding kiteboards and windsurf boards on Engure Lake itself.
RojaBaltic coast20262026/2024: the official Roja bathing place runs 800 m from the north mole toward Kolka. Walkers use the paths, cars use the marked parking only, and motor vehicles need special permission in the beach and dune area.
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.
Destinations in Talsi novads
All spots in Talsi novads
Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.
Last updated September 2026