Best Kitespots in Cook Islands

4 spots · Oceania

Best for kiting all year except March, with 53 to 77 % kite days. Water 25 to 28 °C.

Median of 4 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 4 spots
Median kite days: 62 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 27 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Muri Beach; 65 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Cook Islands

Cook Islands has 4 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 62 % kite days over the year; Muri Beach leads with 65 %. The spots spread over 3 regions.

Best season at the median spot: all year except March (50 % kite days or more). Water 25 to 29 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Cook Islands

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 March
Warm and windy: all year

Kite days at the median spot range from 41 % in March to 77 % in October.

Water 25 °C in September to 29 °C in March. Air 24 °C in August to 28 °C in March, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Cook Islands: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Cook Islands?

The best months are all year except March: the median spot in Cook Islands had 53 to 77 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Cook Islands?

Muri Beach has the most kite days in Cook Islands: 65 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Cook Islands?

The water ranges from 25 °C in September to 29 °C in March at the median spot. Wetsuit: shorty in September, boardshorts in March.

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
Muri Beach
Cook Islands
65 %
2
Rarotongan Beach
Cook Islands
64 %
3
One Foot Island
Cook Islands
59 %
4
Manihiki Island
Cook Islands
54 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Cook Islands yet.

By region

Smaller regions

All spots in Cook Islands

Muri Beach leads with 65 % kite days per year, followed by Rarotongan Beach (64 %) and One Foot Island (59 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Muri Beach
Cook Islands
65 %
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 Muri Beach: Jan 60 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 59 %, May 64 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 68 %, Aug 70 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 65 %
2
Rarotongan Beach
Cook Islands
64 %
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 Rarotongan Beach: Jan 59 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 57 %, May 63 %, Jun 70 %, Jul 69 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 65 %
3
One Foot Island
Cook Islands
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 One Foot Island: Jan 54 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 50 %, May 54 %, Jun 68 %, Jul 68 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 68 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 65 %, Dec 60 %
4
Manihiki Island
Cook Islands
54 %
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 Manihiki Island: Jan 56 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 29 %, May 50 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 75 %, Aug 71 %, Sep 69 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 52 %

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

Kite days by month for Cook Islands: median of 4 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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