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Meedhupparu

North Maalhosmadulu · Meedhupparu Island

also known as Adaaran Select Meedhupparu

lagoon

Riding essentials

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Meedhupparu has no other spot on this map within 40 km of it. straight-line distance

The spot

Meedhupparu is a resort island in Raa Atoll, also called by its older geographic name of Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll, and the whole island is the 4-star Adaaran Select Meedhupparu. It carries a wind-sports tag and almost nothing behind it: no monthly wind figures, no season, no skill rating, and no confirmation from the resort that a kite centre runs there.

Reef and alternatives

The lagoon sits inside a fringing house reef holding a mix of dead and regrowing coral, so getting in and out deserves care whatever the wind does. The nearest island in this atlas with real kite information is Kuredu, in Lhaviyani Atoll to the south, a different atoll entirely. Write to the resort before you plan anything around riding here.

The wind

Direction

Strength

No knot figure is published for this spot.

Modelled monthly average: 9–16 kt — see Month by month

Forecast

Next three days, from Windfinder · full forecast

Month by month

  1. Jan69
  2. Feb65
  3. Mar34
  4. Apr29
  5. May85
  6. Jun91
  7. Jul80
  8. Aug68
  9. Sep73
  10. Oct67
  11. Nov38
  12. Dec60

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

  1. 13 ktJan29°
  2. 13 ktFeb29°
  3. 10 ktMar30°
  4. 9 ktApr31°
  5. 16 ktMay31°
  6. 15 ktJun30°
  7. 15 ktJul30°
  8. 14 ktAug30°
  9. 13 ktSep30°
  10. 14 ktOct30°
  11. 10 ktNov30°
  12. 13 ktDec29°

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

Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds.

Every figure, month by monthForce 4+ · Knots · Wind from · Air · Water
MonthForce 4+KnotsWind fromAirWater
Jan69%12.9 ktENE27.3 °C28.5 °C
Feb65%12.6 ktENE27.7 °C28.7 °C
Mar34%10.4 ktE28.2 °C29.6 °C
Apr29%9.1 ktWSW28.6 °C31 °C
May85%15.9 ktW28.4 °C30.5 °C
Jun91%15.2 ktW28.4 °C29.8 °C
Jul80%14.8 ktWSW27.9 °C29.9 °C
Aug68%14.2 ktWNW27.7 °C29.7 °C
Sep73%13.2 ktW27.3 °C29.6 °C
Oct67%13.7 ktW27.2 °C29.6 °C
Nov38%9.8 ktWNW27.3 °C29.9 °C
Dec60%12.5 ktW27.4 °C29.2 °C
How this is modelledmodelled · 2022-2024

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

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.

ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024

The water

Type

lagoon

Conditions

Coral island with a fringing house-reef lagoon, the coral inside it a mix of dead and regrowing since the 1990s bleaching. It is tagged for wind sports, but nothing in the record separates lagoon riding from open water here.
29–31 °C water

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

beginner: not ratedintermediate: not ratedadvanced: not rated

No rider level is rated for this spot, and the record says nothing more about what it asks of a rider.

The scene

Nothing has been recorded about the scene at this spot.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

No school names this spot

Nobody has been recorded teaching or running a boat here.

On your own

Room to launch is not rated

no access rules on record

Somewhere else

No neighbour on record

No other spot in the atlas sits within reach of this one.

Hazards riders report 1 reported

  • Coral in the lagoon, live and dead. Reef shoes, and care getting in and out.

Rider tips

  • Ask Adaaran Select Meedhupparu in writing whether a kite centre operates, and in which months, before you book.
  • Pack reef shoes: the lagoon floor mixes dead and regrowing coral.
  • Bring your own gear, because nothing on the island is confirmed as rentable.
  • Keep expectations low on wind; no monthly statistics exist for this island.

Photos

Turquoise lagoon water off the Adaaran Select Meedhupparu resort with a seaplane on the water
Samee Shafeeg / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Last updated: August 2026