Best Kitespots in Namibia

13 spots · Africa

Best for kiting all year except January, with 53 to 69 % kite days. Water 13 to 17 °C.

Median of 11 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 13 spots
Median kite days: 58 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 15 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Grosse Bucht; 74 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Namibia

Namibia has 13 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 58 % kite days over the year; Grosse Bucht leads with 74 %. The spots spread over 3 regions.

Best season at the median spot: all year except January (50 % kite days or more). Water 13 to 17 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Namibia

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: all year except January

Kite days at the median spot range from 48 % in January to 69 % in March.

Water 13 °C in September to 17 °C in January. Air 14 °C in September to 19 °C in February, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Namibia: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Namibia?

The best months are all year except January: the median spot in Namibia had 53 to 69 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Namibia?

Grosse Bucht has the most kite days in Namibia: 74 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Namibia?

The water ranges from 13 °C in September to 17 °C in January at the median spot. Wetsuit: 5/4 in September, 4/3 in January.

Regions by month

Median kite days of the spots in each region.

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for regions in Namibia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Erongo Region	41	46	58	58	44	47	53	57	56	50	51	56
Karas	76	76	71	61	58	58	60	66	74	70	75	80

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

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.

Water temperature by region and month

Water temperature by month for regions in Namibia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Erongo Region	17 °C	17 °C	16 °C	15 °C	15 °C	15 °C	14 °C	14 °C	14 °C	15 °C	16 °C	17 °C
Karas	14 °C	14 °C	14 °C	13 °C	13 °C	13 °C	12 °C	12 °C	11 °C	12 °C	13 °C	13 °C

Median water temperature of the spots in each region, 2023 to 2025, from the Open-Meteo marine archive.

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
Grosse Bucht
Namibia
74 %
2
Guano Bay
Namibia
70 %
3
Affenruecken Point
Namibia
68 %
4
Hottentots Punt
Namibia
64 %
5
Paaltjes
Namibia
58 %
6
Ovahimba Point
Namibia
58 %
7
Donkey Bay
Namibia
57 %
8
Walvis Bay Lagoon
Namibia
57 %
9
Cape Cross
Namibia
46 %
10
Guns
Namibia
42 %

Good for learning

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None checked in Namibia yet.

By region

Erongo Region

7 spots · 51 % kite days per year

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Karas

5 spots · 69 % kite days per year

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Smaller regions

Kunene Region1 spot

All spots in Namibia

Grosse Bucht leads with 74 % kite days per year, followed by Guano Bay (70 %) and Second Lagoon (70 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Grosse Bucht
Namibia
74 %
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 Grosse Bucht: Jan 80 %, Feb 82 %, Mar 77 %, Apr 70 %, May 66 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 71 %, Sep 78 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 76 %, Dec 84 %
2
Guano Bay
Namibia
70 %
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 Guano Bay: Jan 77 %, Feb 79 %, Mar 72 %, Apr 61 %, May 55 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 77 %, Dec 83 %
3
Second Lagoon
Namibia
70 %
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 Second Lagoon: Jan 77 %, Feb 79 %, Mar 72 %, Apr 61 %, May 55 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 77 %, Dec 83 %
4
Affenruecken Point
Namibia
68 %
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 Affenruecken Point: Jan 76 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 62 %, May 61 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 74 %, Nov 73 %, Dec 76 %
5
Hottentots Punt
Namibia
64 %
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 Hottentots Punt: Jan 69 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 65 %, Apr 56 %, May 55 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 70 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 66 %, Dec 78 %
6
Paaltjes
Namibia
58 %
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 Paaltjes: Jan 46 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 65 %, May 50 %, Jun 53 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 57 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 61 %
7
Ovahimba Point
Namibia
58 %
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 Ovahimba Point: Jan 48 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 66 %, May 57 %, Jun 66 %, Jul 63 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 56 %
8
Donkey Bay
Namibia
57 %
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 Donkey Bay: Jan 44 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 65 %, May 54 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 59 %
9
Walvis Bay Lagoon
Namibia
57 %
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 Walvis Bay Lagoon: Jan 49 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 64 %, May 44 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 62 %
10
WalvisBay Speedstrip
Namibia
57 %
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 WalvisBay Speedstrip: Jan 49 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 64 %, May 44 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 62 %
11
Cape Cross
Namibia
46 %
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 Cape Cross: Jan 37 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 53 %, May 43 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 42 %
12
Guns
Namibia
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 Guns: Jan 38 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 39 %, May 26 %, Jun 32 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 52 %
13
Tiger Reef
Namibia
34 %
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 Tiger Reef: Jan 28 %, Feb 29 %, Mar 36 %, Apr 32 %, May 23 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 40 %

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

Kite days by month for Namibia: median of 11 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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