Best Kitespots in Panama

7 spots · North America

Best for kiting in February, with 63 % kite days. Water 28 °C.

Median of 7 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 7 spots
Median kite days: 19 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 29 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: La Punta; 34 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Panama

Panama has 7 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 19 % kite days over the year; La Punta leads with 34 %. The spots spread over 6 regions.

Best season at the median spot: February (50 % kite days or more). Water 28 to 30 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Panama

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: February
Warm and windy: January to March
Low wind: May to October

Kite days at the median spot range from 2 % in June to 63 % in February.

Water 28 °C in February to 30 °C in September. Air 27 °C in November to 28 °C in April, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Panama: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Panama?

The best month is February: the median spot in Panama had 63 % kite days then, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Panama?

La Punta has the most kite days in Panama: 34 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Panama?

The water ranges from 28 °C in February to 30 °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
La Punta
Panama
34 %
2
San Blas Islands
Panama
29 %
3
Pedasi
Panama
29 %
4
Isla Grande
Panama
19 %
5
Isla Colon
Panama
9 %
6
La Barqueta
Panama
5 %
7
Morro Negrito
Panama
2 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Panama yet.

By region

Smaller regions

All spots in Panama

La Punta leads with 34 % kite days per year, followed by San Blas Islands (29 %) and Pedasi (29 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
La Punta
Panama
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 La Punta: Jan 60 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 33 %, May 17 %, Jun 16 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 10 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 39 %
2
San Blas Islands
Panama
29 %
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 San Blas Islands: Jan 64 %, Feb 72 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 36 %, May 7 %, Jun 3 %, Jul 8 %, Aug 4 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 14 %, Nov 20 %, Dec 50 %
3
Pedasi
Panama
29 %
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 Pedasi: Jan 65 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 26 %, May 6 %, Jun 7 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 10 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 21 %, Dec 48 %
4
Isla Grande
Panama
19 %
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 Isla Grande: Jan 49 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 21 %, May 3 %, Jun 1 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 3 %, Nov 6 %, Dec 34 %
5
Isla Colon
Panama
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 Isla Colon: Jan 14 %, Feb 11 %, Mar 7 %, Apr 6 %, May 3 %, Jun 2 %, Jul 10 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 5 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 23 %
6
La Barqueta
Panama
5 %
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 La Barqueta: Jan 4 %, Feb 15 %, Mar 17 %, Apr 5 %, May 2 %, Jun 2 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 6 %, Nov 9 %, Dec 1 %
7
Morro Negrito
Panama
2 %
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 Morro Negrito: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 1 %, Apr 1 %, May 1 %, Jun 2 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 7 %, Dec 0 %

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

Kite days by month for Panama: median of 7 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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