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Best Kitespots in French Guiana

1 spot · South America

Best for kiting in September and from December to May, with 51 to 78 % kite days. Water 28 to 30 °C.

Median of 1 spot with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots
1 spot
Median kite days
49 % of days
median spot, over the year
Water
29 °C
median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot
Plage de Zephir
49 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in French Guiana

French Guiana has 1 kite spot in our data. The median spot reaches 49 % kite days over the year; Plage de Zephir leads with 49 %.

Best season at the median spot: September and December to May (50 % kite days or more). Water 28 to 30 °C over the year.

Best time to visit French Guiana

  • 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: September and December to May
  • Warm and windy: August to September and December to May

Kite days at the median spot range from 22 % in June to 78 % in February.

Water 28 °C in February to 30 °C in September. Air 27 °C in January to 28 °C in September, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in French Guiana: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in French Guiana?

The best months are September and December to May: the median spot in French Guiana had 51 to 78 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in French Guiana?

Plage de Zephir has the most kite days in French Guiana: 49 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in French Guiana?

The water ranges from 28 °C in February to 30 °C in September at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in February, boardshorts in September.

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. 1
    Plage de Zephir

    French Guiana

    49 %

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All spots in French Guiana

Plage de Zephir leads with 49 % kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

  1. 1
    Plage de Zephir

    French Guiana

    49 %
    January: 65 % kite days (Prime)February: 78 % kite days (Prime)March: 74 % kite days (Prime)April: 64 % kite days (Prime)May: 52 % kite days (Good)June: 22 % kite days (Possible)July: 24 % kite days (Possible)August: 41 % kite days (Good)September: 51 % kite days (Good)October: 39 % kite days (Possible)November: 33 % kite days (Possible)December: 53 % kite days (Good)
    Kite days by month at Plage de Zephir: Jan 65 %, Feb 78 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 64 %, May 52 %, Jun 22 %, Jul 24 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 39 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 53 %

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

Kite days by month for French Guiana: median of 1 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 French Guiana, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/french-guiana

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