Best Kitespots in Barbados

9 spots · North America

Best for kiting all year except September and October, with 50 to 90 % kite days. Water 27 to 30 °C.

Median of 3 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 9 spots
Median kite days: 71 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 29 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Cow Pens; 76 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Barbados

Barbados has 9 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 71 % kite days over the year; Cow Pens leads with 76 %. The spots spread over 3 regions.

Best season at the median spot: all year except September and October (50 % kite days or more). Water 27 to 30 °C over the year.

Kite destinations in Barbados

Kitesurfing in Barbados (Silver Sands)
Windiest month: May, 90 % kite days
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month in Barbados (Silver Sands): Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %

All kite destinations, month by month

Best time to visit Barbados

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Best season: all year except September and October
Warm and windy: all year except September

Kite days at the median spot range from 29 % in September to 90 % in May.

Water 27 °C in February to 30 °C in September. Air 26 °C in February to 29 °C in September, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Barbados: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Barbados?

The best months are all year except September and October: the median spot in Barbados had 50 to 90 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Barbados?

Cow Pens has the most kite days in Barbados: 76 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Barbados?

The water ranges from 27 °C in February to 30 °C in September at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in February, boardshorts in September.

Destinations by month

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for destinations in Barbados
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barbados (Silver Sands)	81	87	82	80	90	90	80	50	29	44	68	76

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Top spots outside our destinations

Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Cow Pens
Barbados
76 %
2
Bathsheba
Barbados
59 %

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

None checked in Barbados yet.

By region

Christ Church

7 spots · 71 % kite days per year

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Maxwell

Smaller regions

All spots in Barbados

Cow Pens leads with 76 % kite days per year, followed by Dover Beach (71 %) and Long Beach (71 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Cow Pens
Barbados
76 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Cow Pens: Jan 87 %, Feb 90 %, Mar 87 %, Apr 86 %, May 92 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 85 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 73 %, Dec 80 %
2
Dover Beach
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Dover Beach: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
3
Long Beach
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Long Beach: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
4
Maxwell
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Maxwell: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
5
Silver Rock Beach
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Silver Rock Beach: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
6
Silver Sands
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Silver Sands: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
7
Surfers Point
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Surfers Point: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
8
Turtle Beach
Barbados
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Turtle Beach: Jan 81 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 80 %, May 90 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 76 %
9
Bathsheba
Barbados
59 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Bathsheba: Jan 67 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 67 %, May 75 %, Jun 82 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 32 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 63 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Barbados: median of 3 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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