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Kite Control Portugal

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Óbidos Lagoon · Portugal

IKOFPVelaOne Launch Kiteboarding

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IKO, FPVela and One Launch Kiteboarding-certified kitesurf school in Óbidos Lagoon, Portugal — lessons, rental, wingfoil, foil, kitecamps and 6 more.

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What they teach

on the IKO and FPVela and One Launch Kiteboarding system

What they sell

This school doesn't list its courses by level. Ask them which course fits you. Which water suits which level: see When to come.

Taught inEnglish · French · Portuguese · Spanish · German

How they teach
  • Flat-water lagoon teaching zone;
  • radios for on-water communication and safety boats used throughout lessons

What it costs

No price published

No figure for them is on record here. Ask them for a current one when you write.

When to come

the water this school teaches on: Praia da Areia Branca

% of days rideable (12 kn+, 3 h in a row) · ringed = months riders and schools name

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  5. May, riders' month
  6. Jun, riders' month
  7. Jul, riders' month
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Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Wind data:
How this is modelled

Each figure is the share of days with three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it, run over 2023-2024. Good for comparing one place with another, weaker for one beach.

Water14–20 °Cwater type: ocean, at Praia da Areia Branca
Windiest monthAug50% of days at Praia da Areia Branca

Wind on the beach

N to NNW is generally sideshore to side-onshore on this west-facing coast, inferred from the mapped coastline; W would be onshore.

What the spot record warns about

  • rocks
  • concrete
  • swimmers in bathing season
  • river-mouth water movement
  • Atlantic surf
  • sea urchins on the rocks

More on Praia da Areia Branca, the spot itself →

Where you will ride

4 spots

The school's base

Bairro 25 lote 8, 2510-662 Vau-Óbidos (1h north of Lisbon, ~20 min from Peniche); also runs a second location at Moledo Beach in northern Portugal

Directions

Óbidos Lagoon · Portugal · Map pin: 39.4074, -9.2152 — the school's own location

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Flying into Portugal

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Checked so far for Portugal:TAP Air PortugalRyanair / easyJet (regional connections)

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Listing status: active · unclaimed

Open weeks, the team, and photographs

Owners will be able to add the weeks they are open against the wind months above, their instructors by name and their own photos.

Last updated: August 2026

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