Best Kitespots in Tanzania

5 spots · Africa

Best for kiting from May to July, with 54 to 71 % kite days. Water 27 to 28 °C.

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

Kite spots: 5 spots
Median kite days: 37 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 29 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Vumawimbi Beach; 44 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Tanzania

Tanzania has 5 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 37 % kite days over the year; Vumawimbi Beach leads with 44 %. The spots spread over 4 regions.

Best season at the median spot: May to July (50 % kite days or more). Water 26 to 30 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Tanzania

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 to July
Warm and windy: January and May to August
Low wind: March and November to December

Kite days at the median spot range from 7 % in November to 71 % in July.

Water 26 °C in August to 30 °C in December. Air 26 °C in July to 29 °C in March, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Tanzania: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Tanzania?

The best months are May to July: the median spot in Tanzania had 54 to 71 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Tanzania?

Vumawimbi Beach has the most kite days in Tanzania: 44 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Tanzania?

The water ranges from 26 °C in August to 30 °C in December at the median spot. Wetsuit: shorty in August, boardshorts in December.

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
Vumawimbi Beach
Tanzania
44 %
2
Matemwe
Tanzania
40 %
3
Mafia Island
Tanzania
33 %
4
Kawe Beach
Tanzania
29 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Tanzania yet.

By region

Smaller regions

All spots in Tanzania

Vumawimbi Beach leads with 44 % kite days per year, followed by Matemwe (40 %) and Mafia Island (33 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Vumawimbi Beach
Tanzania
44 %
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 Vumawimbi Beach: Jan 73 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 42 %, May 72 %, Jun 82 %, Jul 82 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 11 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 27 %
2
Matemwe
Tanzania
40 %
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 Matemwe: Jan 43 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 17 %, Apr 23 %, May 53 %, Jun 67 %, Jul 76 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 9 %, Dec 16 %
3
Mafia Island
Tanzania
33 %
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 Mafia Island: Jan 52 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 16 %, Apr 16 %, May 55 %, Jun 66 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 14 %, Nov 6 %, Dec 20 %
4
Paje Beach
Tanzania
31 %
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 Paje Beach: Jan 34 %, Feb 23 %, Mar 8 %, Apr 16 %, May 56 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 14 %, Nov 3 %, Dec 11 %
5
Kawe Beach
Tanzania
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 Kawe Beach: Jan 30 %, Feb 25 %, Mar 8 %, Apr 6 %, May 23 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 39 %, Nov 11 %, Dec 7 %

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

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

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