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La Sarga

Pachalik de Dakhla باشوية الداخلة

also known as Lassarga, Pointe de la Sarga, Punta Durnford

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beginner-friendlylow crowds

On this page

The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

May–Sep

Months riders and schools name

How windy

15-25 kt

Character: trade

Room to launch

huge

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

21–25 °C in summer

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Beginner to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

low crowds · busy Jul Aug July August

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

25 min

Dakhla Airport (VIL/GMMH)

On the clock

14:00

Light in the morning, filling in around midday and strongest through the early-to-mid afternoon; the thermal reinforcement usually arrives from about 14:00 and holds until early evening.

The mark is the clock time the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The fade after it is not an end time, and not a promise of wind.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

The spot

Ocean side

Lassarga sits at the southern tip of the Dakhla peninsula, where the ocean side and the lagoon side are about ten minutes apart.

The ocean side is the reason to come: a fine-sand beach about 1.5 km long with a right-hander that runs hundreds of metres and, on a good day, close to a kilometre down toward the fishing village.

The wind on that side is offshore to cross-offshore, which makes the wave clean and makes a mistake expensive, because what sits downwind of you is the open Atlantic.

Lagoon side and seasons

The lagoon side is the managed alternative, shallow flat water reached by 4x4 or boat from the camp, and that is where the lessons happen.

Wind is most reliable May to September while the swell season is October to March or April, so the windiest months and the best waves are not the same trip.

Practical information

A military installation sits near the tip and its boundary is not published, so ask at the camp before you ride downwind.

Come if you ride waves independently and like empty places. Skip it if you want a boat on call, because cover runs to the centre's hours and to the centre's own riders.

The wind

locals call it NE trade wind

Direction

cross-offNNE to NEwind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Direction to shore

cross-off

Kite sizes

4567891011121314

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

For a 75-85 kg rider, 9-10 m is the everyday summer size and 7-8 m covers the strong May-September afternoons that touch 30 kt. An 11-12 m is the winter and light-morning kite.The centre's rental range spans 4-12 m, which is the practical spread for the spot; a 7 and a 10 handle most trips.Indicative: sized from the wind band, no local quiver list confirms it.

Character

trade

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

13-21 kt across the year on spot-level records, peaking around 21 kt in July. The long-run mean at Dakhla airport is 16 kt with 32 kt average gusts.

Typical strength

NE 15-25 kt through the winter, building to around 30 kt on July and August afternoons. Wind at or above 12 kt on more than 320 days a year.

Consistent NE trade. The wave cleans up when the ocean-side wind sits offshore or cross-offshore, which is most of the time. Summer blows harder, winter brings the swell.

The windiest kitesurf season is commonly given as May to September. The best swell season is put at October to March or October to April; April to September is more often flat-water/freeride on the ocean side when waves are not guaranteed.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

12 ktJan18°
12 ktFeb18°
12 ktMar18°
13 ktApr18°
14 ktMay18°
14 ktJun19°
15 ktJul19°
14 ktAug21°
13 ktSep21°
11 ktOct21°
10 ktNov20°
11 ktDec19°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Monthly averages. Highlighted: the months riders and schools name (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep).

Measured at Dakhla (town/airport area), ~12 km from the spot (reanalysis-based climate estimate (MERRA-2 era, ~1980-2016), not raw Beaufort-probability station observations).

Every figure, month by monthKnots · Wind from · Air · Water

Month	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	11.5 kt	NNE	17.8 °C	17.8 °C
Feb	11.9 kt	NNE	17.8 °C	17.8 °C
Mar	12 kt	NNE	18.3 °C	17.8 °C
Apr	12.9 kt	NNE	18.9 °C	18.3 °C
May	13.6 kt	NNE	19.4 °C	18.3 °C
Jun	14.4 kt	NNE	20.6 °C	18.9 °C
Jul	14.7 kt	NNE	21.1 °C	19.4 °C
Aug	14.1 kt	NNE	21.7 °C	20.6 °C
Sep	13 kt	NNE	22.2 °C	20.6 °C
Oct	10.9 kt	NNE	21.7 °C	20.6 °C
Nov	10.3 kt	NNE	20.6 °C	20 °C
Dec	10.7 kt	NNE	18.9 °C	18.9 °C

How this was measuredmeasured · reanalysis-based climate estimate (MERRA-2 era, ~1980-2016), not raw Beaufort-probability station observations

A ground station recorded this, at the distance the page names.

A station this far away — often inland or at an airport — can understate accelerated local wind. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

Dakhla (town/airport area) · Weather Spark · reanalysis-based climate estimate (MERRA-2 era, ~1980-2016), not raw Beaufort-probability station observations

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Two different answers on the same headland. The lagoon-side area is shallow flat water over sandbanks that you can stand in, and that is where lessons and first runs happen. The ocean-side beach shelves into deep water with the wave breaking off the point - treat that side as no-standing.

Tides

Semi-diurnal, with a spring high near 2.3 m against a low around 0.6 m - roughly 1.5-2 m of range. The ocean-side wave works through the tide when the swell is right. On the lagoon side the tide is what matters: it moves the sandbanks and the depth over them, so the standing area, the channels and the safe downwind line all change through the day.

Temperature

21–25 °C summer · 16–20 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 18–21 °C

Wetsuit

Shorty or 3/2 mm in summer; 3/2 mm in winter, with a warmer suit for long sessions or cold-sensitive riders.

Currents

Ocean-side wave zone has Atlantic swell exposure and potentially strong current; lagoon-side teaching zone is promoted as flat/shallow.

Conditions

The spot is split between an ocean-side 1.5 km sandy beach with a right-hand point/wave and a lagoon-side flat-water area reached by shuttle/boat from the Lassarga camp.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Beginner here means the lagoon side, with the school, not the ocean wave. The ocean side is for confident independent riders: the wind almost always has an offshore component and nothing shelters the break.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavesadvancedfreeridestraplesssurfwingfoilfreestyleflat water

End-of-peninsula camp beside a fishing village, with nothing else around it. Even in July and August it stays emptier than the main Dakhla lagoon camps.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

4 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: huge

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

8 spots nearby

All 8 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

The on-site watersports centre runs daily 10:00 to 19:00 all year and keeps a rescue boat; cover is tied to those hours and to riders using the centre. Ocean-side beach access at the camp is presented as reserved for lodge guests, and the lagoon-side flat-water area is a separate launch about 10 minutes away by 4x4 or boat.

Away from the centre there is nothing at all: this is the tip of the peninsula, the ocean-side wind has an offshore component, and a lost kite drifts seaward. Confirm the day's cover, and which side of the peninsula it applies to, before you launch.

Launch

Wide, very fine sand beach on the ocean side, about 1.5 km long, with the watersports centre and eco-lodge by the beach restaurant and a fishing village at the downwind end. Nothing else is around. The lagoon-side flat-water area is a separate launch reached by 4x4 or boat, roughly 10 minutes from the camp.

Hazards riders report 18 reported

Wind

Predominantly offshore or cross-offshore wind on the ocean side
Predominantly offshore to cross-offshore wind on the ocean side - a failure means drifting out to sea

Crowds and zones

Active military zone nearby - keep distance

Waves and currents

Rip currents/channels typical of ocean wave breaks
Atlantic swell and wave-zone current on the ocean side
Atlantic swell and wave-zone current off the point
Rip channels typical of an ocean point break

Protected areas and rules

Lagoon-side shallow sandbanks and variable depth
Lagoon-side sandbanks and depths that shift with the tide

Other

Fisher nets in the water
Very isolated with limited rescue options
Fisher nets reported at La Sarga
Military base/restricted area nearby; keep distance.
Limited self-rescue margin if riding outside managed centre areas
Fishing nets in the water
Military installation near the peninsula tip; keep well clear, the boundary is not publicly marked
Remote location with very little help available away from the camp
Rescue cover ends when the centre closes at 19:00

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: no municipal or federation rule page covers Lassarga. A military installation sits near the tip of the peninsula and riders are told to keep well clear; the boundary is not published anywhere, so ask at the camp before riding downwind. Ocean-side beach access at the camp is presented as reserved for lodge guests.

Standard wave priority applies on the point, and the lagoon side is run as a managed teaching area.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

The best waves come out of the flat sections between sets, not out of the biggest sets themselves.
Bring your own repair kit and spares. There is nothing at the spot but the camp and the fishing village.
Ride with a guide or an experienced group. The place is remote and the wind blows off the land.
Treat the ocean side and the lagoon side as two different spots when you plan risk: lagoon for lessons and progression, ocean for waves.
For waves, come October to March or April. Peak summer is windier and flatter.
Bring your own wetsuit, booties, helmet and impact vest. Accessory rental is limited.
Ask the centre where the fishing nets are before you launch on the ocean beach.
Do not drift downwind toward the military area, and confirm with the camp where it starts in 2026.
Pack sun protection and a warm layer for the evening. Desert nights get cold after a 25 C day.
Sessions run to the centre's hours, 10:00 to 19:00. A late launch means riding with the rescue boat already off duty.

Getting there

Airport

Dakhla Airport (VIL/GMMH)

Route

Lassarga is at the southern tip of the Dakhla peninsula, about 20-25 minutes by road from Dakhla town and the airport. A 4x4 used to be necessary on the track in; whether a normal car gets down there now is unconfirmed.

Transfer

25 min

Cost level

high at the on-spot ecolodge in 2026: Planet Kitesurf listed Lassarga Camp from GBP 223 per room/night, and Ocean Vagabond listed 2026 kite rental from EUR 110/day and private 2-hour kite lessons from EUR 205.

Staying

Ocean Vagabond Dakhla Lassarga has beach-side eco-lodge accommodation at the spot; Dakhla town and the main lagoon have additional hotels/camps, usually requiring transfers for Lassarga sessions.

No-wind days

Surfing/SUP at Lassarga, yoga/spa/fitness at Ocean Vagabond, 4x4 trips to the White Dune, Imlili, Dragon Island, Puerto Rico beach, Asmaa hot spring, oyster farms and Dakhla town.

Photos

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at La Sarga?

The windiest season runs May to September, while the better wave season on the ocean side is generally October to March or April.

Is La Sarga suitable for beginners?

The lagoon-side school area suits beginners, but the ocean-side wave zone is for confident independent riders because the wind is mostly offshore or cross-offshore.

What is the wind like?

Wind is a north-northeast to northeast trade flow, typically 15-30 knots, offshore to cross-offshore on the ocean side, averaging around 16 knots at the Dakhla Airport station.

Is there rescue support?

A safety boat operates from 10:00 to 19:00 for the managed Lassarga setup, but independent riders away from the center should verify coverage themselves.

What hazards should riders know about?

Hazards include fisher nets, rip currents typical of ocean wave breaks, and an active military zone nearby that riders should keep distance from.

The bigger pictureEverything about Dakhla

Last updated: August 2026