Best Kitespots in Jamaica

4 spots · North America

Best for kiting in June, with 50 % kite days. Water 30 °C.

Median of 4 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 4 spots
Median kite days: 35 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 29 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Copacabana Beach; 55 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Jamaica

Jamaica has 4 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 35 % kite days over the year; Copacabana Beach leads with 55 %. The spots spread over 4 regions.

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

Best time to visit Jamaica

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: June
Warm and windy: February and June to July
Low wind: September to November

Kite days at the median spot range from 12 % in September to 50 % in June.

Water 27 °C in February to 31 °C in September. Air 27 °C in February to 30 °C in September, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Jamaica: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Jamaica?

The best month is June: the median spot in Jamaica had 50 % kite days then, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Jamaica?

Copacabana Beach has the most kite days in Jamaica: 55 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Jamaica?

The water ranges from 27 °C in February to 31 °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
Copacabana Beach
Jamaica
55 %
2
Flamingo Beach
Jamaica
47 %
3
Long Bay
Jamaica
22 %
4
Sandals Whitehouse
Jamaica
9 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Jamaica yet.

By region

Smaller regions

All spots in Jamaica

Copacabana Beach leads with 55 % kite days per year, followed by Flamingo Beach (47 %) and Long Bay (22 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Copacabana Beach
Jamaica
55 %
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 Copacabana Beach: Jan 43 %, Feb 60 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 59 %, May 75 %, Jun 87 %, Jul 89 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 37 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 36 %
2
Flamingo Beach
Jamaica
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 Flamingo Beach: Jan 55 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 50 %, May 44 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 43 %, Sep 15 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 36 %, Dec 54 %
3
Long Bay
Jamaica
22 %
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 Long Bay: Jan 23 %, Feb 27 %, Mar 17 %, Apr 22 %, May 31 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 16 %, Nov 9 %, Dec 22 %
4
Sandals Whitehouse
Jamaica
9 %
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 Sandals Whitehouse: Jan 8 %, Feb 11 %, Mar 9 %, Apr 13 %, May 19 %, Jun 22 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 6 %, Nov 1 %, Dec 3 %

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

Kite days by month for Jamaica: median of 4 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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