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Linto Beach

Penghu · Huxi Township / Magong

also known as Lintou Beach, Lintou Park, 林投, Lintou Park Beach, Lintou Golden Beach, 林投沙灘, 林投金沙灘, 林投公園沙灘

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not for beginnersonshoremedium crowds

On this page

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

Riding essentials

Season

Jan–Dec

Months riders and schools name

How windy

20-40 kt

Character: mixed · onshore

Room to launch

huge

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

27.3 °C in summerClear water over fine white coral-fragment sand, on a beach system running more than 3 km

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Intermediate to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy Jun Jul Aug

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

15 min

Magong Airport (MZG)

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Nearbystraight-line distance

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

Guoyeno page yet
Qingluo / Chinglo Beachno page yet
Aimen Beachno page yet
Shanshui Beachno page yet
Guanyinting / Gwan Ying Tingno page yet

The spot

Linto is a summer foil beach on an island famous for its winter wind, which is the whole problem with it. It runs along Penghu's south side beside Lintou Park, part of the continuous Aimen-Lintou sand, over 3 km of fine coral-fragment sand with shallow, reef-free water in front of it.

Wind and season

In winter the NE monsoon here is offshore: the flow that made Penghu's name is the flow that pushes you out into the Taiwan Strait. In summer the wind swings south and comes in onshore or side-onshore, light, and that is when the foils come out.

Getting set up

There is no kite centre on the sand, more services toward Aimen, and the kiter base sits around Guoye and Longmen about 5 km away. Treat it as intermediate-plus. Nobody has published a measured wading depth or a marked teaching zone for this launch, so learning here is a conversation with a local school rather than a plan. Dragnet fishing still runs off the beach at dawn and dusk, a small boat laying the net and the lines hauled back across the sand.

The wind

locals call it Summer south wind; NE winter monsoon is the main Penghu wind but offshore at Linto

Direction

onshore

Dominant direction

South in the Linto hydrofoil season; northeast during the Penghu winter monsoon

Kite sizes

4567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

Not documented for Lintou specifically.The beach is used in summer for foiling rather than twintip riding, and local foil and wing lessons are run in 15-25 kt; the nearest rental quiver covers 5-14 m kites and 2.5-5.5 m wings, which brackets what is realistically flown here.Treat any single number as unconfirmed until a local rider gives you one.

Character

mixed

Average strength

20-40

Typical strength

Light or weak south wind on summer foil days. Penghu-wide the NE monsoon runs 20-40 kt; 40-60 kt in November-April is an older and unconfirmed figure. Either way, that winter flow is offshore at Linto.

Open Taiwan Strait wind. At Linto that means a light-wind hydrofoil setup in summer rather than the island's strong winter wave riding, which happens on other beaches.

Linto sits on Penghu's south side, so the winter wind is offshore and of little use to you here; in summer the flow swings south and comes in onshore or side-onshore, which is the foil window.

Island-wide the strong season runs roughly October-April, or October-March depending on who is counting, driven by NE monsoon flow accelerating through the Taiwan Strait.

That is a Penghu figure and not a Linto one, and none of it makes this beach beginner-friendly.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

riding season from the spot record · no wind series here is trusted enough to name a season

No month-by-month share of windy days is held for this spot. The months riders and schools name are Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug.

About these figuresno series

Nothing usable has been measured or modelled for this place. The months come from what riders say, or from nothing at all.

Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Fine white coral-fragment sand runs out into shallow, reef-free water - shallow and clean enough that Lintou village still works a hand-hauled dragnet from this beach at dawn and dusk, dropping the net from a small boat and pulling it back to the sand.Entry and tidesNo measured wading depth and no marked teaching zone has been documented for the Lintou launch, so treat the shallow reading as a description of the bottom rather than a promise of standing water.Spring tides move the waterline a long way here, so walk the entry on foot at low water before committing.

Tides

Semi-diurnal, with two highs and two lows a day and a real range: predictions for this coast run from about 0.3 m at a spring low to about 2.8 m at a spring high, roughly 2.5 m of swing. Tide predictions are published for the neighbouring Aimen and Longmen beaches from the Makung station about 9 km west, and Makung can diverge from what the Lintou shore actually does.No Lintou-specific rideable tide window is published.

Temperature

27.3 °C summer · 21.4 °C winter

Wetsuit

Boardshorts or thin sun protection in summer; a 3/2 mm full suit is prudent in the NE monsoon, with 3-5 mm reportedly used for winter sessions.

Currents

Not documented for the Lintou launch. What is known is that the tidal swing is around 2.5 m on springs and that the winter northeast monsoon blows offshore here, so any drift on a winter day carries you away from the beach. Check locally before riding, and do not assume the summer south-wind setup behaves the same way.

Conditions

Clear water over fine white coral-fragment sand, on a beach system running more than 3 km. Summer is the foil season here and the winter NE wind is offshore at this south-side beach. A shallow standing-depth teaching area at Linto itself is unconfirmed.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

not for beginners here

Linto as a beginner lesson beach is unconfirmed. Summer south-wind foiling is the approachable end of it, and foiling still asks for competent kite control. In winter the offshore wind leaves the beach to self-sufficient riders, if anyone rides it at all.

The scene

What riders come here for

foilfreeridewingfoil

Lintou is the quieter half of the pair: a park, art and photo installations, a cafe and an Italian restaurant on the beachfront, while Aimen next door has the beachside restaurants and the motorized watersports. Kite traffic is lower than at Longmen, and the Penghu kiter community talks about Longmen and Guoye rather than this beach.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

1 school names this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: huge

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

2 spots nearby

All 2 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

Rescue and emergency

No lifeguard post, standby boat or beach rescue service is documented for Lintou. The archipelago's emergency material is a set of phone tables, fire and ambulance, hospitals, police and clinics, not anyone standing on the sand.

The nearest kite support is the centre at Guoye and Longmen about 5 km away, which runs a powerboat used to tow foil students up in light wind.

On a winter day the wind here is offshore, so self-rescue and a planned downwind exit are the only realistic plan; the scenic area office is on (06) 921-6521 and the county police on (06) 927-2557.

Launch

A long, fine-sand beach beside Lintou Park, part of the continuous Aimen-Lintou sand system that runs more than 3 km across four villages and is the longest beach in Penghu.Access is through the park and beach area, with parking documented for the Aimen-Lintou beach area. The beach has been rebuilt since 1998 with street lamps and sand-retention netting to stop the northeast monsoon stripping it, so expect fencing and net lines on the sand as well as park furniture behind it.

Hazards riders report 12 reported

Wind

offshore wind in winter (self-rescue risk)
Winter NE monsoon is offshore at Linto, creating self-rescue and drift risk.
The winter northeast monsoon is offshore at this south-facing beach, so a failure carries you out to sea - the main reason locals do not use it in the strong season
Traditional dragnet fishing is run from this beach at dawn and dusk, with a small boat laying net offshore and lines hauled back across the sand
Coral, debris and sharp objects are a known problem on Penghu beaches, together with wind holes on lighter days and very strong gusts

Crowds and zones

Aimen and Lintou form a shared recreation beach with summer swimmers, cafes and commercial watersports, so separation has to be arranged locally

Waves and currents

Very strong wind and gusts, wind holes on lighter days, changing tides, and coral, debris and sharp objects on the local beaches.
Strong NE monsoon gusts raise high waves along this coast; the official beach guidance tells swimmers not to insist on entering the water and to watch their distance from shore.
Around 2.5 m of tidal swing on springs, which moves the waterline and the usable beach a long way
Strong northeast gusts raise high waves along this coast; the official beach guidance tells swimmers not to insist on entering and to watch their distance from shore

Other

Aimen/Lintou is a general recreation beach area with summer motorized watersports nearby, so separation from non-kiters and operators needs local checking.
Sand-retention netting and street lamps installed along the beach to fight monsoon erosion

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: The Aimen sea area, listed together with Lintou Beach, remains a restricted water-recreation area under current Tourism Administration notices, where operation/riding of motorized water-recreation equipment is prohibited; kitesurfing and other non-motorized equipment are not covered by that restriction.

No Linto/Lintou-specific kitesurf permit, zone, or seasonal ban is confirmed; the current restricted-area list instead names Qingwan Inner Bay, Aimen, Shanshui and the Wangan sea-turtle nesting habitat.

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

Use Linto for summer south-wind foil days; when the northeast monsoon is on, the riders go to Longmen and Guoye instead.
Do not read Penghu's October-April wind season as Linto's season: the same flow that fills the island is offshore at this beach.
Walk the entry at low water before your first session, because the tide swings about 2.5 m on springs and nobody has documented the bottom.
Watch for the dawn and dusk dragnet, and give the net, the boat and the hauling lines a wide berth.
Check the Aimen/Lintou recreation zoning locally before a summer launch: the sand is shared with swimmers, cafes and commercial watersports.
Bring repair gear and do not ride alone. There is no rescue cover here and the nearest kite support is at Guoye and Longmen, about 5 km away.

Getting there

Airport

Penghu Airport / Magong Airport (MZG)

Route

Fly to Penghu from Taipei Songshan, Taichung or Kaohsiung on a domestic carrier, then drive or ride to Huxi Township and Lintou Park - about 10-15 minutes from the airport, or about 15 minutes from Magong by road. Coming from the kite accommodation around Guoye it is roughly a 5-minute drive south-west.

Transfer

15 min

Cost level

medium

Staying

Kiter-focused accommodation is available at Sunrise BnB/Penghu Kitesurfing near Guoye/Longmen, with scooters/trailers offered for beach access; general hotels and guesthouses are concentrated around Magong and Huxi.

No-wind days

Lintou Park walks and shade, Lintou Beach cafe/art installations, Aimen Beach, Penghu seafood in Magong, Kuibishan/Moses parting sea, basalt coast sightseeing, snorkeling/SUP/kayak tours when conditions and local rules allow.

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Linto Beach?

Summer south wind gives the cleaner onshore setup here; the island's stronger NE monsoon season is offshore at Linto, so it is not the safest time to ride this specific beach.

Is Linto Beach suitable for beginners?

No source verified it as a beginner lesson beach. Summer foiling is more approachable than winter, but foiling still requires competent kite control.

What is the wind like?

In summer the wind shifts south and is onshore or side-onshore, favoring hydrofoil and light-wind freeride; in winter the NE monsoon blows offshore here.

What are the hazards?

Winter NE monsoon creates offshore wind with self-rescue and drift risk, and the wider Penghu area is reported to have coral, debris and changing tides.

The bigger pictureEverything about Penghu

Last updated: August 2026