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Best Kitespots in Gambia

1 spot · Africa

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

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

Kite spots
1 spot
Median kite days
14 % of days
median spot, over the year
Water
27 °C
median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot
Kotu Beach
14 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Gambia

Gambia has 1 kite spot in our data. The median spot reaches 14 % kite days over the year; Kotu Beach leads with 14 %.

Water 23 to 31 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Gambia

  • 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 October to 27 % in April.

Water 23 °C in February to 31 °C in October. Air 25 °C in March to 30 °C in November, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Gambia: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Gambia?

No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is April with 27 %, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Gambia?

Kotu Beach has the most kite days in Gambia: 14 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Gambia?

The water ranges from 23 °C in February to 31 °C in October at the median spot. Wetsuit: spring suit in February, boardshorts in October.

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
    Kotu Beach

    Gambia

    14 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Gambia yet.

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Kotu Beach leads with 14 % kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

  1. 1
    Kotu Beach

    Gambia

    14 %
    January: 8 % kite days (Off)February: 13 % kite days (Off)March: 17 % kite days (Off)April: 27 % kite days (Possible)May: 14 % kite days (Off)June: 19 % kite days (Off)July: 20 % kite days (Possible)August: 26 % kite days (Possible)September: 9 % kite days (Off)October: 1 % kite days (Off)November: 2 % kite days (Off)December: 6 % kite days (Off)
    Kite days by month at Kotu Beach: Jan 8 %, Feb 13 %, Mar 17 %, Apr 27 %, May 14 %, Jun 19 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 1 %, Nov 2 %, Dec 6 %

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

Kite days by month for Gambia: 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 Gambia, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/gambia

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