Best Kitespots in Florida

30 spots · United States

Best for kiting from March to April, with 51 to 52 % kite days. Water 24 to 25 °C.

Median of 29 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 30 spots
Median kite days: 37 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 26 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Dry Tortugas; 46 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Florida

Florida in United States has 30 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 37 % kite days over the year; Dry Tortugas leads with 46 %.

Best season at the median spot: March to April (50 % kite days or more). Water about 26 °C.

Best time to visit Florida

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

Kite days at the median spot range from 13 % in July to 52 % in April.

Water 20 °C in January to 31 °C in August. Air 21 °C in January to 30 °C in August, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Florida: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Florida?

The best months are March to April: the median spot in Florida had 51 to 52 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Florida?

Dry Tortugas has the most kite days in Florida: 46 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Florida?

The water ranges from 20 °C in January to 31 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: 3/2 in January, boardshorts in August.

Spots by month

Kite days per month, strongest spots first.

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

Kite days by month for spots in Florida
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Dry Tortugas	66	55	59	56	42	26	20	24	24	58	62	58
Dog Island	48	45	55	51	53	46	31	35	39	58	45	45
Smathers Beach	61	51	58	57	42	27	22	26	26	55	58	54
Jupiter Inlet	62	58	62	58	50	27	19	24	23	49	49	50
Islamorada Flats	54	49	58	61	41	27	22	27	27	56	50	51
Matecumbe Key	57	50	56	57	40	24	20	27	25	53	52	54
Pensacola Beach	51	53	51	52	42	42	29	31	28	46	46	44
Crandon Beach	52	52	59	61	50	24	17	22	23	52	49	51
South Delray Beach	54	54	62	58	47	21	17	23	23	47	45	47
Juno Kite Beach	56	54	57	56	45	23	14	20	22	45	47	47
Pompano Beach	52	55	60	59	47	20	13	21	21	44	42	44
Kite Beach	51	53	59	57	47	21	13	19	19	46	43	44
Jacksonville Beach	42	34	47	50	47	32	15	18	43	47	44	40
Cocoa Beach	45	43	52	54	44	24	11	15	32	51	44	34
Vero Beach	50	43	56	56	40	19	11	16	26	49	45	38
Fort Desoto	46	40	51	54	45	21	18	17	26	46	39	36
Miami Flats	45	45	54	55	43	18	12	17	20	46	39	42
St. Andrews State Park	36	40	43	50	34	30	17	19	17	30	23	28
Caladesi Island	44	33	44	42	33	16	13	13	17	38	37	34
Matheson Hammock	39	40	48	49	36	12	7	12	16	38	32	34
Hobe Sound Public	43	39	48	43	32	11	5	10	16	32	33	31
Destin	35	34	37	35	28	27	14	14	16	26	22	30
Ponce Inlet	33	28	42	39	28	10	4	9	20	34	37	26
South Lido Beach	31	28	37	35	24	10	8	9	14	25	23	24
Bahia Beach	28	24	38	36	29	10	6	8	13	25	26	21
South Fort Myers Beach	25	24	39	37	28	8	4	7	13	22	22	18
Sanibel Island	24	24	37	32	26	9	4	8	13	22	21	19
Alligator Point	21	15	23	26	24	20	6	10	14	19	14	15
Marco Island	24	17	30	31	17	8	3	7	10	18	18	21

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.

Good for learning

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

None checked in Florida yet.

All spots in Florida

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Dry Tortugas
United States
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 Dry Tortugas: Jan 66 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 56 %, May 42 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 58 %
2
Dog Island
United States
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 Dog Island: Jan 48 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 55 %, Apr 51 %, May 53 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 45 %
3
Smathers Beach
United States
45 %
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 Smathers Beach: Jan 61 %, Feb 51 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 57 %, May 42 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 26 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 54 %
4
Jupiter Inlet
United States
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 Jupiter Inlet: Jan 62 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 58 %, May 50 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 49 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 50 %
5
Islamorada Flats
United States
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 Islamorada Flats: Jan 54 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 61 %, May 41 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 27 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 51 %
6
Matecumbe Key
United States
43 %
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 Matecumbe Key: Jan 57 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 57 %, May 40 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 27 %, Sep 25 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 54 %
7
Pensacola Beach
United States
43 %
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 Pensacola Beach: Jan 51 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 52 %, May 42 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 29 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 28 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 44 %
8
Crandon Beach
United States
43 %
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 Crandon Beach: Jan 52 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 61 %, May 50 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 22 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 51 %
9
South Delray Beach
United States
41 %
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 South Delray Beach: Jan 54 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 58 %, May 47 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 23 %, Sep 23 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 47 %
10
Juno Kite Beach
United States
41 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
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11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Juno Kite Beach: Jan 56 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 56 %, May 45 %, Jun 23 %, Jul 14 %, Aug 20 %, Sep 22 %, Oct 45 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 47 %
11
Pompano Beach
United States
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 Pompano Beach: Jan 52 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 59 %, May 47 %, Jun 20 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 21 %, Sep 21 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 44 %
12
Kite Beach
United States
39 %
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 Kite Beach: Jan 51 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 57 %, May 47 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 19 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 43 %, Dec 44 %
13
Jacksonville Beach
United States
38 %
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 Jacksonville Beach: Jan 42 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 50 %, May 47 %, Jun 32 %, Jul 15 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 40 %
14
Cocoa Beach
United States
37 %
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 Cocoa Beach: Jan 45 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 54 %, May 44 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 34 %
15
Vero Beach
United States
37 %
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 Vero Beach: Jan 50 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 56 %, May 40 %, Jun 19 %, Jul 11 %, Aug 16 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 49 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 38 %
16
Fort Desoto
United States
36 %
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 Fort Desoto: Jan 46 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 54 %, May 45 %, Jun 21 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 36 %
17
Miami Flats
United States
36 %
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 Miami Flats: Jan 45 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 54 %, Apr 55 %, May 43 %, Jun 18 %, Jul 12 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 46 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 42 %
18
St. Andrews State Park
United States
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 St. Andrews State Park: Jan 36 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 50 %, May 34 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 17 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 23 %, Dec 28 %
19
Caladesi Island
United States
30 %
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 Caladesi Island: Jan 44 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 42 %, May 33 %, Jun 16 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 17 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 34 %
20
Matheson Hammock
United States
30 %
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 Matheson Hammock: Jan 39 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 49 %, May 36 %, Jun 12 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 12 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 34 %

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Kite days by month for Florida: median of 29 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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