Best Kitespots in Saudi Arabia
5 spots · Asia
Best for kiting from February to March and from May to September, with 52 to 67 % kite days. Water 25 to 33 °C.
Median of 5 spots with model data, one per grid cell.
- Kite spots
- 5 spots
- Median kite days
- 51 % of days
- median spot, over the year
- Water
- 29 °C
- median, 2023 to 2025
Kitesurfing in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has 5 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 51 % kite days over the year; Rabigh leads with 60 %. The spots spread over 3 regions.
Best season at the median spot: February to March and May to September (50 % kite days or more). Water 25 to 33 °C over the year.
Best time to visit Saudi Arabia
- 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 to March and May to September
- Warm and windy: October and December to June
Kite days at the median spot range from 27 % in November to 67 % in June.
Water 25 °C in February to 33 °C in August. Air 25 °C in February to 32 °C in August, day maximum.
Kitesurfing in Saudi Arabia: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf in Saudi Arabia?
The best months are February to March and May to September: the median spot in Saudi Arabia had 52 to 67 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.
Which is the best kite spot in Saudi Arabia?
Rabigh has the most kite days in Saudi Arabia: 60 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.
How warm is the water in Saudi Arabia?
The water ranges from 25 °C in February to 33 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: shorty in February, boardshorts in August.
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
- 1Rabigh
Saudi Arabia
60 % - 2Durrat
Saudi Arabia
51 % - 3Shaiba
Saudi Arabia
51 % - 4Jazan Economic City
Saudi Arabia
44 % - 5Halfmoon Bay
Saudi Arabia
40 %
Good for learning
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Rabigh leads with 60 % kite days per year, followed by Durrat (51 %) and Shaiba (51 %).
Kite days per year, % of days
- 1Rabigh
Saudi Arabia
60 %Kite days by month at Rabigh: Jan 47 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 63 %, May 67 %, Jun 77 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 59 %, Sep 71 %, Oct 68 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 41 % - 2Durrat
Saudi Arabia
51 %Kite days by month at Durrat: Jan 50 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 65 %, Apr 54 %, May 55 %, Jun 67 %, Jul 34 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 34 %, Dec 41 % - 3Shaiba
Saudi Arabia
51 %Kite days by month at Shaiba: Jan 46 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 47 %, May 53 %, Jun 70 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 31 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 43 % - 4Jazan Economic City
Saudi Arabia
44 %Kite days by month at Jazan Economic City: Jan 27 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 46 %, May 44 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 82 %, Aug 55 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 17 % - 5Halfmoon Bay
Saudi Arabia
40 %Kite days by month at Halfmoon Bay: Jan 36 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 46 %, May 47 %, Jun 66 %, Jul 53 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 30 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 32 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Kite days by month for Saudi Arabia: median of 5 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.
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kiteCOMPASS, kite spots in Saudi Arabia, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/saudi-arabia
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