Best Kitespots in Ecuador
2 spots · South America
Kite days peak in September at 45 %.
Median of 2 spots with model data, one per grid cell.
- Kite spots
- 2 spots
- Median kite days
- 26 % of days
- median spot, over the year
- Water
- 26 °C
- median, 2023 to 2025
Kitesurfing in Ecuador
Ecuador has 2 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 26 % kite days over the year; El Murcielago leads with 52 %. The spots spread over 2 regions.
Water 25 to 28 °C over the year.
Best time to visit Ecuador
- 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.
- Warm and windy: August to October
- Low wind: February to April
Kite days at the median spot range from 2 % in March to 45 % in September.
Water 25 °C in September to 28 °C in March. Air 24 °C in September to 27 °C in February, day maximum.
Kitesurfing in Ecuador: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf in Ecuador?
No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is September with 45 %, from 2017 to 2025.
Which is the best kite spot in Ecuador?
El Murcielago has the most kite days in Ecuador: 52 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.
How warm is the water in Ecuador?
The water ranges from 25 °C in September to 28 °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
- 1El Murcielago
Ecuador
52 % - 2Punta Blanca
Ecuador
1 %
Good for learning
Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.
None checked in Ecuador yet.
By region
Smaller regions
All spots in Ecuador
El Murcielago leads with 52 % kite days per year.
Kite days per year, % of days
- 1El Murcielago
Ecuador
52 %Kite days by month at El Murcielago: Jan 39 %, Feb 8 %, Mar 5 %, Apr 16 %, May 44 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 65 %, Aug 80 %, Sep 87 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 78 %, Dec 65 % - 2Punta Blanca
Ecuador
1 %Kite days by month at Punta Blanca: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 0 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 2 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 %
More in South America
kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Kite days by month for Ecuador: median of 2 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.
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kiteCOMPASS, kite spots in Ecuador, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/ecuador
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