Best Kitespots in Vanuatu

9 spots · Oceania

Best for kiting from May to November, with 51 to 75 % kite days. Water 26 to 28 °C.

Median of 9 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 9 spots
Median kite days: 57 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 28 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Futuna Island; 65 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Vanuatu

Vanuatu has 9 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 57 % kite days over the year; Futuna Island leads with 65 %. The spots spread over 2 regions.

Best season at the median spot: May to November (50 % kite days or more). Water 26 to 29 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Vanuatu

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 November
Warm and windy: all year

Kite days at the median spot range from 40 % in January to 75 % in September.

Water 26 °C in August to 29 °C in February. Air 24 °C in August to 28 °C in February, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Vanuatu: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Vanuatu?

The best months are May to November: the median spot in Vanuatu had 51 to 75 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Vanuatu?

Futuna Island has the most kite days in Vanuatu: 65 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Vanuatu?

The water ranges from 26 °C in August to 29 °C in February at the median spot. Wetsuit: shorty in August, boardshorts in February.

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 Vanuatu
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shefa Province	39	45	38	42	67	65	70	75	78	63	51	47
Tafea	48	56	49	53	67	62	63	69	71	63	50	45

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 Vanuatu
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shefa Province	29 °C	30 °C	29 °C	29 °C	28 °C	27 °C	27 °C	26 °C	26 °C	27 °C	28 °C	29 °C
Tafea	29 °C	29 °C	28 °C	28 °C	27 °C	26 °C	25 °C	25 °C	25 °C	25 °C	27 °C	28 °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
Futuna Island
Vanuatu
65 %
2
Lomaru Point
Vanuatu
65 %
3
Aniwa Island
Vanuatu
61 %
4
Sangafa
Vanuatu
60 %
5
Enam
Vanuatu
57 %
6
White Sands
Vanuatu
54 %
7
Airport Reef
Vanuatu
52 %
8
Takara Beach
Vanuatu
49 %
9
Valesdir
Vanuatu
43 %

Good for learning

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

None checked in Vanuatu yet.

By region

Shefa Province

5 spots · 57 % kite days per year

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Tafea

4 spots · 58 % kite days per year

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All spots in Vanuatu

Futuna Island leads with 65 % kite days per year, followed by Lomaru Point (65 %) and Aniwa Island (61 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Futuna Island
Vanuatu
65 %
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Kite days by month at Futuna Island: Jan 55 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 60 %, May 73 %, Jun 71 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 75 %, Sep 80 %, Oct 69 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 55 %
2
Lomaru Point
Vanuatu
65 %
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 Lomaru Point: Jan 40 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 49 %, May 72 %, Jun 76 %, Jul 82 %, Aug 84 %, Sep 86 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 58 %
3
Aniwa Island
Vanuatu
61 %
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 Aniwa Island: Jan 48 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 56 %, May 70 %, Jun 65 %, Jul 67 %, Aug 72 %, Sep 75 %, Oct 69 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 51 %
4
Sangafa
Vanuatu
60 %
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 Sangafa: Jan 39 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 42 %, May 70 %, Jun 72 %, Jul 75 %, Aug 81 %, Sep 81 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 48 %
5
Enam
Vanuatu
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 Enam: Jan 39 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 38 %, Apr 44 %, May 67 %, Jun 65 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 75 %, Sep 78 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 51 %, Dec 47 %
6
White Sands
Vanuatu
54 %
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 White Sands: Jan 44 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 49 %, May 64 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 57 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 39 %
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Airport Reef
Vanuatu
52 %
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 Airport Reef: Jan 47 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 50 %, May 62 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 53 %, Aug 57 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 39 %
8
Takara Beach
Vanuatu
49 %
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 Takara Beach: Jan 35 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 34 %, Apr 34 %, May 60 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 64 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 34 %
9
Valesdir
Vanuatu
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 Valesdir: Jan 21 %, Feb 30 %, Mar 19 %, Apr 26 %, May 58 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 26 %

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

Kite days by month for Vanuatu: median of 9 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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