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Thulusdhoo (Cokes)

Malé Atoll · North Male Atoll · Thulusdhoo

also known as Cokes, Coca-Cola Surf Point, Colas, Coke's, Cokes Surf Point

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wavesnot for beginnersmedium crowds

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

Riding essentials

Season

May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec

Months riders and schools name

How windy

10-12 kt

Character: mixed

Room to launch

tight

access rules on record, below

Water

waves

28–29 °C in summerCokes is a right-hand reef break on the eastern reef off Thulusdhoo, fast and hollow and tubular, with rides of 50-150 m

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Intermediate to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy Jul Aug Jun

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

Velana International Airport (MLE)

Transfer times under Getting there

When it fills in

Monsoon flow, not a daily thermal, so there is no dependable fill-in hour. The wind is as likely to be up at dawn as at three in the afternoon, and the sharpest increases arrive with squall lines in the wet season. Session planning here follows the tide and the boat schedule more than the clock.

Nearbystraight-line distance

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

Chickensno page yet
Lohisno page yet
Ninjasno page yet
Pasta Pointno page yet
Sultans
Huraa/Kaafu lagoon safari areasno page yet

The spot

Thulusdhoo is a local island in North Male Atoll and the land base for Cokes, the right-hand reef break on the island's eastern reef. Read it as an advanced wave and surfari stop, not a teaching lagoon.

Wind and season

The useful wind overlaps the southwest monsoon, with plenty of 12 kt-plus days from May to October, though the averages published here are light next to a real kite destination. The wind that cleans Cokes up for surfing, W-WNW, is offshore to cross-off at the reef, so boat support and someone who knows the pass matter more than what is in your kite bag.

Water and reef

Water is tropical all year and no wetsuit is needed; the reef is sharp, the channel runs, and the lineup belongs to surfers first.

Access

Access is easy by Maldives standards, 20-30 minutes on a scheduled speedboat from Velana airport, and the island is thick with guesthouses and surf camps.

Local rules

Islamic dress rules apply off the beach, and the sand in front of Cokes is treated as a local beach rather than a tourist one, disputed enough that you should ask at your guesthouse.

The wind

locals call it Hulhangu southwest monsoon / Iruvai northeast monsoon

Direction

cross-offwind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Direction to shore

cross-off

Dominant direction

W-WSW through May-November, ENE/NE in December-February. The southwest monsoon runs mid-May to November and the northeast monsoon January-March, with April and December transitional.

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

Averages run 7-12 kt across the year and about 10-12 kt in the better southwest-monsoon months, so a 75-85 kg rider is on light-wind gear far more often than not: a 15-17 m twin-tip kite, or a foil, covers most rideable days.Specific sizesA 12 m is the day the monsoon actually delivers 15-18 kt. A 9-10 m is squall equipment and will sit in the bag for most of a week. Anyone going out to the reef with boat support should size for the stronger gusts over the pass rather than the reading on the beach. No local rider quiver has been published.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

7-12 kt monthly averages in the available Cokes wind table, highest around May at 12 kt and mostly 10-11 kt during the southwest monsoon.

Typical strength

Monthly average wind speeds sit around 10-12 kt in the better months, and the count of usable days starts at 4 Bft, 12 kt. 2026 spot forecasts around Thulusdhoo often mark 4.5-5.9 m/s as light or foil-only.

Light to moderate by kitesurf standards. 12 kt days come round often enough, but late August 2026 was flagged again and again as light wind or foil-only here.

Two monsoons: the southwest wet season from mid-May to November and the northeast dry season from January to March, with April and December transitional. As a wave, Cokes has a surf season running March-October with June-August the peak. For kiting, the Cokes-specific numbers support May-October plus December and nothing more than that.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

10 ktJan28°
9 ktFeb28°
7 ktMar29°
7 ktApr29°
10 ktMay29°
11 ktJun29°
10 ktJul29°
9 ktAug29°
10 ktSep29°
10 ktOct28°
8 ktNov28°
9 ktDec28°

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

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

Measured at Male, Maldives, ~27 km from the spot (multi-decade reanalysis-based climate normals (not a single discrete observing station/year range)).

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

Month	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	10 kt	E	28.3 °C	28.3 °C
Feb	8.7 kt	E	28.3 °C	28.3 °C
Mar	6.5 kt	E	28.9 °C	28.9 °C
Apr	6.9 kt	W	29.4 °C	29.4 °C
May	10.4 kt	W	29.4 °C	29.4 °C
Jun	10.9 kt	W	28.9 °C	28.9 °C
Jul	9.7 kt	W	28.9 °C	28.9 °C
Aug	9.2 kt	W	28.3 °C	28.9 °C
Sep	10.1 kt	W	28.3 °C	28.9 °C
Oct	9.8 kt	W	28.3 °C	28.3 °C
Nov	8 kt	W	28.3 °C	28.3 °C
Dec	8.9 kt	E	28.3 °C	28.3 °C

How this was measuredmeasured · multi-decade reanalysis-based climate normals (not a single discrete observing station/year range)

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.

Male, Maldives · Weather Spark · multi-decade reanalysis-based climate normals (not a single discrete observing station/year range)

The water

Type

waves

Standing depth

No at Cokes itself; it is a reef/pass wave breaking over coral, with shallow reef on the inside and channel/current exposure.

Tides

Low-to-mid is the tide to aim for: the reef-pass current gets more forgiving as the water drops away from high, and the wave is worse at high tide. All-tide and mid-to-high-tide claims circulate too, so treat the tide call as local knowledge with low-to-mid as the better-supported default.

Temperature

28–29 °C summer · 27–29 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 28–29 °C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts/rashguard; sea temperature was 29.4 °C on 2026-08-27. A rash vest is recommended at minimum for UV protection.

Currents

Current in the Cokes/Thulusdhoo channel and around the island's beach is reportedly strong. It matters most near low tide and whenever you cross the channel.

Conditions

Cokes is a right-hand reef break on the eastern reef off Thulusdhoo, fast and hollow and tubular, with rides of 50-150 m. It is a surf wave first and has never been confirmed as a beginner kite lagoon. Bikini Beach nearby is shallow in places, and it is not the Cokes reef pass.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

not for beginners here

Cokes is not a beginner venue: an intermediate-to-advanced wave over reef, with learners pointed at other breaks such as Chickens or Ninjas. Kaafu kite safaris advertise flat, reef-protected water that beginners can use, which is not a claim about the Cokes reef pass.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavesadvancedfreeridereef breaksurf-and-kite tripsadvanced ridersintermediate riders with boat/local support

Surf-first local-island scene with guesthouses, dinghy transfers, budget travelers and international surf crews; kite presence exists but appears secondary to the Cokes/Chickens surf circuit.

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: tight

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

4 spots nearby

All 4 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

No dedicated kite rescue service was found. Cover means a boat arranged in advance through a guesthouse, surf or kite operator; nothing is on call from the water.

The island has a small health centre with a pharmacy and trained staff for basic emergencies, which is the first stop for reef cuts and urchin spines, and anything serious goes back to Malé by speedboat in 20-30 minutes. Kaafu kite safari operators advertise kite support and water safety but run from Huraa, not from Thulusdhoo, so they are not a local rescue option.

Launch

Kiting on Thulusdhoo happens off the western side of the island, on the opposite side from the Cokes reef pass. Cokes sits on the eastern reef and is a surf wave breaking over coral; reaching it means a dinghy or speedboat from a guesthouse or surf operator, though locals do paddle out when the channel allows, shallow and with current running.No kite launch at the Cokes beach itself was found, and kiting the pass should not be taken as proven.

Hazards riders report 14 reported

Wind

squall lines in the southwest monsoon that spike the wind and cut visibility

Crowds and zones

boat traffic between Thulusdhoo, Chickens and nearby breaks
no boat rescue on call: recovery has to be arranged before you go out

Bottom

extremely sharp, shallow coral reef
sea urchins
risk of reef cuts requiring prompt wound care
shallow sharp coral reef
rocks and reef along the water's edge
reef cuts requiring prompt cleaning
the reef sits on the opposite side of the island from the usual kite launch, so a self-rescue means a long swim or drift

Waves and currents

strong currents, especially at low tide
reef-pass/channel current
offshore or cross-off wind during common W-WNW surf-cleaning patterns
crowded surf lineup risk when swell is good

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: no kite-specific permit, zoning or seasonal restriction was found. Thulusdhoo is an inhabited island and Islamic dress rules apply off the beach: swimwear is allowed only on the designated tourist beaches, Bikini Beach on the east coast and Dream Beach on the northwest tip, while Sunset Beach on the western tip is a local beach where it is not.

Coverage

Cover up for the walk through town. Which category the sand in front of the Cokes break falls into is disputed between sources, so ask at your guesthouse rather than assume.

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

Book the dinghy or speedboat through your guesthouse before you arrive, especially with board bags; the reef channel is awkward to navigate at low tide.
Bring reef booties and a cut kit. The island health centre and its pharmacy handle coral wounds, and they want cleaning the same day rather than on the way back to Male.
Do not ride Cokes without local advice on wind angle, current and how many surfers are out; the wind that cleans the wave puts a kiter offshore.
Treat Cokes as an intermediate-to-advanced reef wave, biggest and most consistent in July-August; if you are learning, ask local operators about protected flat water elsewhere in Kaafu Atoll.
Size up before you pack: with averages near 10-12 kt this is a 15 m or foil trip far more often than a 12 m one.
Cover up for the walk through town, and ask at the guesthouse which stretch of sand you can wear swimwear on.

Getting there

Airport

Velana International Airport (MLE)

Route

Scheduled speedboats run between Male, the airport and Thulusdhoo: three operators, 20-30 minute crossings, and worth booking through your hotel if you are carrying boards. The public ferry is cheaper and slower, over 2 hours from Male City, and less reliable.

Transfer (minutes)

20-30 by scheduled speedboat; over 120 by public ferry from Male City

Cost level

Medium for the Maldives. The scheduled speedboat is USD 25 per person in cash (2026) and a private airport-Thulusdhoo hire is quoted at USD 180-220 (2026). Guesthouses start far below resort pricing, though exact 2026 lodging rates vary.

Staying

Guesthouses and surf camps on the local island rather than resort-only access: Cokes Surf Camp/Thulusdhoo Guesthouse, Twin Palms Surfhouse, the stays around Canopus and a spread of budget guesthouses.

No-wind days

surf Cokes/Chickens/nearby North Male breaks · snorkeling · diving · dolphin sunset trips · sandbank excursions · fishing · stand up paddleboarding in calm sea

Photos

FAQ

Is Thulusdhoo (Cokes) suitable for beginners?

No, Cokes is an intermediate-to-advanced reef-pass wave with fast, hollow breaks over coral; beginners are directed to other nearby breaks such as Chickens or Ninjas.

When is the best time to kite at Cokes?

The main window follows the southwest monsoon from May to October, plus December, though average wind speeds are light by global kite standards, around 7-12 knots.

What is the wind like at Cokes?

Wind averages about 10-12 knots in the better months, and the W-WNW swell-cleaning wind that suits surfers is often offshore or cross-off for kiters.

How do you get to Thulusdhoo?

Scheduled speedboats run from Male/the airport in about 20-30 minutes; the public ferry takes over two hours and is less reliable.

What are the hazards at Cokes?

Hazards include extremely sharp, shallow coral reef, strong currents especially at low tide, sea urchins, and a crowded surf lineup when swell is good.

The bigger pictureEverything about North Male Atoll

Last updated: August 2026