Best Kitespots in India

9 spots · Asia

Best for kiting from May to July, with 51 to 64 % kite days. Water 29 to 31 °C.

Median of 9 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 9 spots
Median kite days: 40 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 29 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Pirapanvalasai; 63 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in India

India has 9 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 40 % kite days over the year; Pirapanvalasai leads with 63 %. The spots spread over 6 regions.

Best season at the median spot: May to July (50 % kite days or more). Water 27 to 31 °C over the year.

Best time to visit India

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: May to July
Warm and windy: May to August
Low wind: October to November

Kite days at the median spot range from 14 % in October to 64 % in July.

Water 27 °C in January to 31 °C in May. Air 27 °C in January to 30 °C in May, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in India: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in India?

The best months are May to July: the median spot in India had 51 to 64 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in India?

Pirapanvalasai has the most kite days in India: 63 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in India?

The water ranges from 27 °C in January to 31 °C in May at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in January, boardshorts in May.

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
Pirapanvalasai
India
63 %
2
Kombuthurai Beach
India
47 %
3
Paradip Beach
India
42 %
4
Mumbai, India
India
41 %
5
Nariyal Bageecha
India
40 %
6
Ideal Beach
India
32 %
7
Colva Beach
India
28 %
8
Dream Beach
India
25 %
9
Old Digha Sea Beach
India
23 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in India yet.

By region

Tamil Nadu

3 spots · 47 % kite days per year

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Smaller regions

All spots in India

Pirapanvalasai leads with 63 % kite days per year, followed by Kombuthurai Beach (47 %) and Paradip Beach (42 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Pirapanvalasai
India
63 %
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 Pirapanvalasai: Jan 79 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 29 %, Apr 28 %, May 74 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 76 %, Aug 73 %, Sep 78 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 72 %
2
Kombuthurai Beach
India
47 %
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 Kombuthurai Beach: Jan 69 %, Feb 68 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 41 %, May 62 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 27 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 47 %
3
Paradip Beach
India
42 %
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 Paradip Beach: Jan 10 %, Feb 15 %, Mar 41 %, Apr 74 %, May 76 %, Jun 77 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 16 %
4
Mumbai, India
India
41 %
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 Mumbai, India: Jan 43 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 42 %, May 36 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 76 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 14 %, Nov 14 %, Dec 23 %
5
Nariyal Bageecha
India
40 %
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 Nariyal Bageecha: Jan 41 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 3 %, May 28 %, Jun 70 %, Jul 75 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 45 %
6
Ideal Beach
India
32 %
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 Ideal Beach: Jan 32 %, Feb 17 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 49 %, May 50 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 26 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 11 %, Oct 10 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 60 %
7
Colva Beach
India
28 %
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 Colva Beach: Jan 21 %, Feb 21 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 26 %, May 51 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 21 %, Oct 12 %, Nov 5 %, Dec 10 %
8
Dream Beach
India
25 %
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 Dream Beach: Jan 16 %, Feb 21 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 31 %, May 53 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 8 %, Nov 2 %, Dec 6 %
9
Old Digha Sea Beach
India
23 %
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 Old Digha Sea Beach: Jan 0 %, Feb 2 %, Mar 8 %, Apr 36 %, May 51 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 9 %, Nov 2 %, Dec 2 %

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

Kite days by month for India: median of 9 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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