Kite spots and when to go
Know your wind odds before you book.
The kite spot guide with measured wind seasons: where and when to kitesurf, from hourly model data, with the method on every page.
Where to kite in December
6 of the top 10 are in Brazil.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
- Raised: December
- Faded: cold
- 199% kite days
Cabo de la VelaColombia
19 kn ENE26 °C shortyflat watergood for learning
Kite days by month in Cabo de la Vela: Jan 98 %, Feb 97 %, Mar 99 %, Apr 97 %, May 93 %, Jun 94 %, Jul 99 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 99 % - 296% kite days
PreáBrazil
17 kn ENE28 °C boardshortswavesgood for learning
Kite days by month in Preá: Jan 76 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 40 %, May 60 %, Jun 78 %, Jul 90 %, Aug 99 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 100 %, Nov 98 %, Dec 96 % - 395% kite days
JericoacoaraBrazil
17 kn ENE28 °C boardshortschop
Kite days by month in Jericoacoara: Jan 76 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 30 %, Apr 35 %, May 49 %, Jun 75 %, Jul 85 %, Aug 99 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 100 %, Nov 99 %, Dec 95 % - 495% kite days
São Miguel do GostosoBrazil
15 kn ESE28 °C boardshortsflat and wavesgood for learning
Kite days by month in São Miguel do Gostoso: Jan 85 %, Feb 73 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 54 %, May 75 %, Jun 86 %, Jul 95 %, Aug 99 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 99 %, Nov 97 %, Dec 95 % - 594% kite days
Bahía SalinasCosta Rica
14 kn ENE27 °C boardshortsflat water
Kite days by month in Bahía Salinas: Jan 95 %, Feb 93 %, Mar 94 %, Apr 77 %, May 41 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 76 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 19 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 94 % - 691% kite days
Aruba
16 kn E28 °C boardshortswaves
Kite days by month in Aruba: Jan 92 %, Feb 94 %, Mar 94 %, Apr 97 %, May 99 %, Jun 99 %, Jul 99 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 81 %, Oct 71 %, Nov 74 %, Dec 91 % - 791% kite days
Ilha do GuajiruBrazil
15 kn E29 °C boardshortsflat watergood for learning
Kite days by month in Ilha do Guajiru: Jan 71 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 36 %, Apr 39 %, May 76 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 98 %, Aug 99 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 98 %, Nov 98 %, Dec 91 % - 889% kite days
ParacuruBrazil
14 kn E29 °C boardshortswaves
Kite days by month in Paracuru: Jan 63 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 27 %, Apr 33 %, May 63 %, Jun 85 %, Jul 90 %, Aug 98 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 96 %, Nov 96 %, Dec 89 % - 988% kite days
LancelinAustralia
16 kn S22 °C spring suitflat and waves
Kite days by month in Lancelin: Jan 92 %, Feb 82 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 61 %, May 48 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 86 %, Dec 88 % - 1087% kite days
CumbucoBrazil
13 kn E29 °C boardshortsflat watergood for learning
Kite days by month in Cumbuco: Jan 56 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 19 %, Apr 24 %, May 48 %, Jun 79 %, Jul 86 %, Aug 97 %, Sep 100 %, Oct 98 %, Nov 96 %, Dec 87 %
Ranked by kite days in December. Places with local winds that models miss are not ranked.
This month and next
How the odds work
- A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight, counted from hourly model wind 2017 to 2025.
- For every day of a month we start a trip of your length and count its kite days; a trip is good when at least half its days are kite days.
- "x in 10" is the share of good trips, capped at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Why kiteCOMPASS
Why a kite trip needs odds, not a forecast
A kite trip is booked 4 to 8 weeks ahead and lasts about 11 days. One blank week wastes it. The web gives four different Tarifa seasons from four sources and no method behind any of them.
Why forecasts, statistics tabs and agencies fall short
- Forecast apps (Windy, Windguru, Windfinder) answer the next 10 days, not the month you can take leave. For the short notice case every page here shows the Windy forecast on click.
- Statistics tabs count night hours and show one spot at a time.
- Friends and forums give one person's seasons.
- Guides and agencies publish unsourced "300 windy days".
What to ask of any wind number before you book
- Kite days counted on daytime hours a rider can use, not a 24 hour mean.
- Odds for a trip window, not an annual average.
- How often a month worked over the available years.
- A stated source and model for every number.
- Honesty where models fail: lakes, gorges, thermal spots.
- Water and wetsuit next to the wind.
- The same numbers for every destination, so places compare.
Objections, answered
- "Models are wrong at my lake."
- Yes. Garda and Hood River fail in every global model, so those pages show a sourced season band and no model numbers.
- "I just use Windy."
- So do we, for the next 10 days; every page shows it on click. Windy stores no history, so it cannot tell you how often November worked.
- "Your numbers were wrong last year."
- True: the old metric counted night hours. The method page shows the before and after and the validation table.
- "A model is not a beach."
- Right. Every page states the model, the years and whether the spot shares its grid cell; the confidence label drops when the cell is far.
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Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km or ERA5, one model per spot, hourly via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Confidence on every place page: high, medium or low, with the reason in words. Curated seasons from documented sources where models miss the local wind.
Made by Max Fischer, kite instructor. About kiteCOMPASS