Best Kitespots in El Salvador

4 spots · North America

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

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

Kite spots: 4 spots
Median kite days: 8 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 30 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Costa del Sol; 12 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in El Salvador

El Salvador has 4 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 8 % kite days over the year; Costa del Sol leads with 12 %. The spots spread over 4 regions.

Water 29 to 31 °C over the year.

Best time to visit El Salvador

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.

Kite days at the median spot range from 1 % in July to 22 % in March.

Water 29 °C in January to 31 °C in July. Air 29 °C in October to 30 °C in July, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in El Salvador: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in El Salvador?

No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is March with 22 %, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in El Salvador?

Costa del Sol has the most kite days in El Salvador: 12 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in El Salvador?

The water ranges from 29 °C in January to 31 °C in July at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in January, boardshorts in July.

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
Costa del Sol
El Salvador
12 %
2
Playa El Maculis
El Salvador
8 %
3
Barra de Santiago
El Salvador
7 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in El Salvador yet.

By region

Smaller regions

All spots in El Salvador

Costa del Sol leads with 12 % kite days per year, followed by Playa El Maculis (8 %) and Barra de Santiago (7 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Costa del Sol
El Salvador
12 %
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 Costa del Sol: Jan 15 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 20 %, May 6 %, Jun 3 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 2 %, Sep 2 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 5 %
2
Playa El Maculis
El Salvador
8 %
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 Playa El Maculis: Jan 13 %, Feb 16 %, Mar 14 %, Apr 18 %, May 7 %, Jun 3 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 8 %
3
Barra de Santiago
El Salvador
7 %
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 Barra de Santiago: Jan 10 %, Feb 17 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 8 %, May 4 %, Jun 4 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 1 %, Dec 4 %
4
Lago de Guija
El Salvador
1 %
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 Lago de Guija: Jan 4 %, Feb 2 %, Mar 2 %, Apr 0 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 1 %, Dec 1 %

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

Kite days by month for El Salvador: median of 3 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 El Salvador, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/el-salvador

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