Best Kitespots in Maldives
20 spots · Asia
Best for kiting in May and in October, with 50 to 58 % kite days. Water 29 to 30 °C.
Median of 17 spots with model data, one per grid cell.
- Kite spots
- 20 spots
- Median kite days
- 32 % of days
- median spot, over the year
- Water
- 30 °C
- median, 2023 to 2025
Kitesurfing in Maldives
Maldives has 20 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 32 % kite days over the year; Kuredu Island leads with 40 %. The spots spread over 12 regions.
Best season at the median spot: May and October (50 % kite days or more). Water 29 to 31 °C over the year.
Best time to visit Maldives
- 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 and October
- Warm and windy: May and October
- Low wind: March to April
Kite days at the median spot range from 11 % in March to 58 % in May.
Water 29 °C in January to 31 °C in April. Air 28 °C in January to 29 °C in April, day maximum.
Kitesurfing in Maldives: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf in Maldives?
The best months are May and October: the median spot in Maldives had 50 to 58 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.
Which is the best kite spot in Maldives?
Kuredu Island has the most kite days in Maldives: 40 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.
How warm is the water in Maldives?
The water ranges from 29 °C in January to 31 °C in April at the median spot. Wetsuit: boardshorts in January, boardshorts in April.
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
- 1Kuredu Island
Maldives
40 % - 2Meerufenfushi Island
Maldives
39 % - 3Dharavandhoo Reef
Maldives
39 % - 4Male, Maldives
Maldives
38 % - 5Boattrip
Maldives
37 % - 6Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Maldives
36 % - 7Guraidhoo
Maldives
36 % - 8Olhuveli Reef
Maldives
36 % - 9Diva Beach Resort
Maldives
32 % - 10Sun Island
Maldives
32 %
Good for learning
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By region
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All spots in Maldives
Kuredu Island leads with 40 % kite days per year, followed by Meerufenfushi Island (39 %) and Dharavandhoo Reef (39 %).
Kite days per year, % of days
- 1Kuredu Island
Maldives
40 %Kite days by month at Kuredu Island: Jan 39 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 15 %, Apr 7 %, May 58 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 31 % - 2Meerufenfushi Island
Maldives
39 %Kite days by month at Meerufenfushi Island: Jan 42 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 12 %, Apr 10 %, May 62 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 23 %, Dec 36 % - 3Dharavandhoo Reef
Maldives
39 %Kite days by month at Dharavandhoo Reef: Jan 37 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 14 %, Apr 7 %, May 61 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 30 % - 4Male, Maldives
Maldives
38 %Kite days by month at Male, Maldives: Jan 38 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 9 %, May 61 %, Jun 53 %, Jul 40 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 22 %, Dec 36 % - 5Boattrip
Maldives
37 %Kite days by month at Boattrip: Jan 35 %, Feb 44 %, Mar 13 %, Apr 12 %, May 61 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 37 %, Aug 43 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 49 %, Nov 24 %, Dec 33 % - 6Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Maldives
36 %Kite days by month at Haa Dhaalu Atoll: Jan 16 %, Feb 15 %, Mar 9 %, Apr 4 %, May 50 %, Jun 82 %, Jul 68 %, Aug 59 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 19 % - 7Guraidhoo
Maldives
36 %Kite days by month at Guraidhoo: Jan 35 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 12 %, Apr 14 %, May 61 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 34 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 35 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 25 %, Dec 33 % - 8Olhuveli Reef
Maldives
36 %Kite days by month at Olhuveli Reef: Jan 34 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 15 %, May 61 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 35 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 32 % - 9Olhuveli Summer Spot
Maldives
36 %Kite days by month at Olhuveli Summer Spot: Jan 34 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 15 %, May 61 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 35 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 32 % - 10Olhuveli Winter Spot
Maldives
36 %Kite days by month at Olhuveli Winter Spot: Jan 34 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 15 %, May 61 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 35 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 32 % - 11Diva Beach Resort
Maldives
32 %Kite days by month at Diva Beach Resort: Jan 31 %, Feb 37 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 13 %, May 59 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 27 % - 12Sun Island
Maldives
32 %Kite days by month at Sun Island: Jan 30 %, Feb 36 %, Mar 10 %, Apr 13 %, May 58 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 31 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 29 %, Dec 27 % - 13Sun Island Resort
Maldives
32 %Kite days by month at Sun Island Resort: Jan 30 %, Feb 36 %, Mar 10 %, Apr 13 %, May 58 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 31 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 29 %, Dec 27 % - 14Vilu Reef
Maldives
31 %Kite days by month at Vilu Reef: Jan 30 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 15 %, May 59 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 25 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 31 %, Dec 25 % - 15Gaadhiffushi
Maldives
29 %Kite days by month at Gaadhiffushi: Jan 25 %, Feb 31 %, Mar 10 %, Apr 17 %, May 55 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 36 %, Dec 23 %
Show 5 more spots
- 16 Laamu Atoll 29 %
- 17 The Residence 25 %
- 18 Thinadhoo 25 %
- 19 Lighthouse Beach 25 %
- 20 Herathera 24 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Kite days by month for Maldives: median of 17 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.
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