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White Beach / Angol Point

Boracay · Malay, Aklan

also known as Angol Point, White Beach Station 3, Angol Beach

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not for beginnersmedium 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

Jun–Oct

Months riders and schools name

How windy

10-20 kt

Character: mixed

Room to launch

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

29–30 °C in summerWhite Beach faces west and takes the Habagat wind and weather full on

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Intermediate to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy Jun Jul Aug Sep

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH)

Transfer times under Getting there

When it fills in

No fill-in hour to wait for - when the southwest monsoon is in, it blows through the day rather than building as a sea breeze. What changes through the day is the beach: early morning and late afternoon are when the sand empties enough to rig and land without an audience.

Nearbystraight-line distance

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

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The spot

White Beach is where Boracay kiting moves when the southwest monsoon arrives, roughly June to October, and it is the opposite of the Amihan setup at Bulabog: west-facing, exposed, choppy, with no reef-protected lagoon to learn in. Angol Point at the southern end is a coral garden used for diving and snorkeling, so booties are not optional.

Conditions and hazards

The wind is onshore to cross-onshore over a four-kilometre resort beach with swimmers, walkers and paraw boats on it, which is the real reason to treat this as an intermediate-plus launch. High tide can pinch the usable sand down to a few metres; low tide leaves very little water over the reef sections.

Access and lessons

The unresolved part is whether you may ride here at all: as of 2026 Habagat kiting on White Beach is treated as normal in some places and reported prohibited in others, and no Malay ordinance or Coast Guard notice settles it. No kite school is based on this side of the island, so nobody lands you and nobody comes to get you. Come for the low tourist season and the cheaper rooms, and ask an operating Bulabog school what is currently allowed before you carry gear across.

The wind

locals call it Habagat

Direction

cross-onSW to WSW

Direction to shore

cross-on

Kite sizes

7891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

For 75-85 kg on a working Habagat day: a 12 m for the 12-16 kt middle, a 14 m for the light end this coast produces plenty of, and a 9-10 m when a squall band pushes it past 25 kt.The quiver here sits bigger than the Amihan one used across the island at Bulabog.Indicative: sized from the wind band, no local quiver list confirms it.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

15-25 kt on the days it works; 10-20 kt is the more conservative figure and reflects how often it underdelivers.

Typical strength

10-20 kt is the honest band on most Habagat days, 15-25 kt when it is properly on, with gusts near 30 in squalls. It is less consistent than the Amihan season on the other side of the island.

Less predictable than Boracay's Amihan season; can be steady on good Habagat days but is associated with wet-season weather and rougher White Beach water.

Habagat, the southwest monsoon, is the whole reason to be on this side: June through October in most accounts, stretched to November in some and cut at September in others. It is a wet-season wind - squally, less reliable than Amihan, and overlapping the June-November typhoon window.

June and November are turnover months when the monsoon swaps and days can have no wind at all. In Amihan this is the calm leeward tourist beach and the riding is all at Bulabog.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

14 ktJan27°
13 ktFeb27°
12 ktMar27°
10 ktApr28°
8 ktMay29°
8 ktJun29°
10 ktJul29°
11 ktAug29°
9 ktSep29°
9 ktOct29°
12 ktNov28°
14 ktDec27°

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

Modelled monthly averages. Highlighted: the months riders and schools name (Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct).

Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (30-year modeled climatology (reanalysis); Caticlan is the town/airport directly across the ~2-3km Tabon Strait from Boracay Island, same open-water wind regime), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds.

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

Month	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	14.3 kt	E	27.2 °C	26.7 °C
Feb	13.3 kt	E	27.2 °C	26.7 °C
Mar	12 kt	E	27.8 °C	27.2 °C
Apr	9.7 kt	E	28.9 °C	28.3 °C
May	8 kt	E	28.9 °C	29.4 °C
Jun	8.3 kt	W	28.3 °C	29.4 °C
Jul	9.6 kt	W	27.8 °C	28.9 °C
Aug	10.5 kt	W	27.8 °C	28.9 °C
Sep	9.3 kt	W	27.8 °C	28.9 °C
Oct	9.2 kt	E	27.8 °C	28.9 °C
Nov	11.8 kt	E	28.3 °C	28.3 °C
Dec	13.8 kt	E	27.8 °C	27.2 °C

How this is modelledmodelled · 30-year modeled climatology (reanalysis); Caticlan is the town/airport directly across the ~2-3km Tabon Strait from Boracay Island, same open-water wind regime

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.

WeatherSpark modeled climatology at Caticlan, Aklan (Boracay mainland gateway) · WeatherSpark (NASA MERRA-2 reanalysis, 30-yr modeled 'typical year') · 30-year modeled climatology (reanalysis); Caticlan is the town/airport directly across the ~2-3km Tabon Strait from Boracay Island, same open-water wind regime

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Shallow over the reef shelf at low water, but this is not a standable learning lagoon like Bulabog. Past the shelf it drops away and the water is chop rather than flat, with no confirmed waist-deep training area.

Tides

Low water leaves very little over the reef sections at the Angol end. At the top of the tide the beach itself pinches, on a bad combination down to a few metres of usable sand between the water and the resorts.Wind quality barely changes with the tide here; what changes is where you can stand and where you can lay lines out.

Temperature

29–30 °C summer · 27–28 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 27–29 °C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts or rash vest; booties are recommended because Angol Point is a coral/reef area and Boracay sources repeatedly flag reef/urchin foot risk.

Currents

Currents at the Angol Point dive and snorkel site are gentle. Nobody has published a current figure for the kite launch on White Beach itself, so treat that part as unconfirmed.

Conditions

White Beach faces west and takes the Habagat wind and weather full on. There is no outer reef sheltering this side of the island the way Bulabog's lagoon is sheltered, so the normal surface is chop.

Angol Point at the southern end is a coral garden used for diving and snorkeling. An older description of flat shallow water inside a reef with swell outside conflicts with the current picture and is unconfirmed.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

not for beginners here

This is not Bulabog's beginner lagoon.

The water is choppy, the wind is onshore to cross-onshore and the beach is shared with tourists, so you want independent upwind riding and a self-rescue you have actually practised.

No flat waist-deep training area is confirmed here; only a school operating on the day can say whether a supervised zone exists for that tide and that crowd.

The scene

What riders come here for

intermediateflat waterfreerideintermediate freerideadvanced freeridechopHabagat season sessionswingfoil on suitable days

Who it suitsbeginner

White Beach is Boracay's main resort beach, so a session has to coexist with swimmers, walkers, paraw boats, restaurants and hotels. Habagat is lower tourist season than the Amihan peak, but the sand still fills up. Early morning and late afternoon are the hours with the fewest people in the way.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

11 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: ok

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

2 spots nearby

All 2 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

+63 917 328 6684 +63 36 288 5352 +63 947 1640714

Rescue — full text1 min read

There is no kite rescue on this beach. Municipal lifeguards patrol White Beach from the boat stations with a whistle, life buoy and hand-held radio, but they are there for swimmers and they are not a boat pickup for a rider stuck downwind. Every kite school on the island is based across at Bulabog, so cover on a Habagat day is whatever you bring or arrange in advance - Habagat Kiteboarding +63 917 328 6684, Isla +63 36 288 5352, Padayon +63 947 1640714.

Ride inside self-rescue distance of the sand.

Launch

Sandy launch at the southern end of White Beach by Station 3 and Angol, used because it is the quietest stretch of a four-kilometre resort beach.Space is both tidal and social: at high water the usable sand can pinch to a few metres, and at any tide you are launching over a beach with swimmers, walkers and paraw boats on it. The wind is onshore to cross-onshore, so take more room than you think you need and body-drag before you try to water-start.

Hazards riders report 19 reported

Wind

beach debris blown in by the prevailing wind can tangle lines (schools clean daily)
Onshore or cross-onshore wind on a busy swimming/tourist beach makes launching, landing and first tacks higher consequence.
Wet-season squalls, thunderstorms and tropical-storm risk are more likely during Habagat.
Onshore to cross-onshore wind onto a busy swimming beach: everything that goes wrong goes downwind toward people, boats and hotels.
Wet-season squalls, gust fronts and thunderstorms, with typhoon risk from June to November.
Beach debris blown in by the prevailing wind tangles lines.

Crowds and zones

Paraw sailing boats, bangkas and swimmers share the water in front of the beach.

Bottom

Coral reef and coral cuts around Angol Point; booties are prudent.
Possible sea urchins around Boracay reef areas, reported by Boracay kite guides and rider forums.
Coral and reef around Angol Point at the southern end - booties.
Sea urchins are reported around Boracay's reef areas.

Waves and currents

reef and coral, cutting risk especially at low tide
Low tide can leave very shallow water over reef areas; verify the exact usable tide window locally.
Chop rather than flat water; there is no outer reef sheltering this side of the island.
Very little water over the reef sections at low tide.
High tide can leave only a few metres of sand to rig, launch and land on.

Protected areas and rules

Choppy and rougher water during Habagat compared with Bulabog's Amihan lagoon.

Other

typhoon risk in the surrounding region June-November
No kite school is based on this side of the island, so there is no one on the sand to land you.

Rules & access

1 min read

No official 2026 Malay LGU, Boracay tourism office or Coast Guard kitesurfing ordinance for White Beach/Angol Point was found. Kite schools describe informal beach zoning that keeps kiting to quieter sections such as the southern Station 3/Angol end, away from swimmers and tourists, and advise checking locally kept section boundaries in person before setting up.
2026: no Malay municipal ordinance, tourism-office rule or Coast Guard notice specific to kitesurfing at White Beach was found, and the picture is genuinely unsettled - some guides treat Habagat kiting here as normal, at least one states that it is prohibited. Ask an operating school before you carry gear across the island.
Riders are expected to keep to the quieter sections, in practice the southern Station 3 and Angol end, away from swimmers. The boundaries are set locally and shift, so check them on the sand.
Standing beach restrictions since the 2018 rehabilitation: a 30 m buffer from the waterline kept clear of structures, no chairs, loungers or umbrellas on the sand, no eating or drinking on the beach, no smoking, no fire dancing, no commercial sandcastles, no glass bottles.
Municipal ordinance 2000-132 regulates activities along White Beach; later ordinances cover littering (311), glass bottles (319), smoking (309) and recreational drones (362).
2026 arrival fees are island-wide: terminal PHP 150 each way at Caticlan/Cagban or PHP 100 in and PHP 50 out at Tambisaan, environmental fee PHP 300 for foreign visitors and PHP 150 for Filipinos, boat ticket PHP 50-100.

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

Schools that ride here

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Rider tips

Rig at the Station 3 and Angol end, not the middle of White Beach; at high water you may have a few metres of sand, so lay lines along the beach.
Ride early morning or late afternoon, and body-drag before you water-start: the wind is onshore into a beach full of swimmers.
Ask an operating Bulabog school what is currently allowed here before hauling gear across the island.
Wear booties for the coral at Angol Point and aim for high tide so the reef stays covered.
Bring the bigger kites: a 12 and a 14 do more work here than a 9.
In the Habagat months take the boat to Tambisaan on the east side, not Cagban, then cross by e-trike.

Getting there

Airport

Caticlan / Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH) is the closest airport; Kalibo International Airport (KLO) is the longer alternate.

Route

Caticlan (MPH) to the jetty in 7-10 minutes, then the crossing. In the Habagat months when this beach works, boats run Tabon to Tambisaan rather than Caticlan to Cagban, so you land on the east side and cross the island by e-trike to Station 3 or Angol - 45-65 minutes door to door either way.2026 fees: Tambisaan terminal PHP 100 in and PHP 50 out, environmental fee PHP 300 for foreign visitors and PHP 150 for Filipinos, boat ticket PHP 50-100. From Kalibo (KLO) add 60 km and 1.5-2 hours by van at PHP 180-250.

Transfer

About 45-65 minutes door to door from Caticlan airport; about 2-2.5 hours from Kalibo (2026 transfer estimate).

Cost level

medium

Staying

Plentiful accommodation along White Beach, especially Stations 1-3; kite-focused accommodation and storage are more concentrated on Bulabog Beach at schools/resorts such as Habagat/Aissatou.

No-wind days

scuba diving · snorkeling at Angol Point · island hopping · sunset sailing · restaurants and nightlife on White Beach · Bulabog/Union Beach checks when wind direction changes

Photos

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf at White Beach / Angol Point?

Kiting shifts here during the Habagat southwest monsoon, roughly June through October, when Bulabog is no longer the working side of the island.

Is White Beach suitable for beginners?

Newer local sources describe the water as choppy and tourist-shared rather than a beginner lagoon, so this record treats it as intermediate-plus unless a current school confirms a supervised zone.

What is the wind like at White Beach?

Wind is the cross-onshore Habagat from SW to WSW, typically 15-25 knots with stronger days reaching around 30 knots, though less consistent than Bulabog's Amihan season.

What hazards should riders know about at White Beach?

Hazards include coral reef and cuts around Angol Point especially at low tide, choppier water than Bulabog, and sharing a busy tourist beach with swimmers and paraw boats.

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Last updated: August 2026