Sea · Canakkale · Turkey
Çanakkale
Best for kiting in August.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 29%
- kite days
- Possible, 1 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 9kn
- from NE
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 20°C
- 4/3
- water
- Trip odds
- 2in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 2.8 kite days of 10
Trip odds, expected kite days, water and wetsuit for your exact dates. Free, no sign up.
How we know thisConfidence medium
Confidence. The nearest model grid cell is 14 km away.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.
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.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In August, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 12 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 43 %
- Kiteable 57 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 43 %, kiteable on 57 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 12:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from NE (45°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 29 % Possibleabout 9 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 71 %
- Kiteable 29 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 1 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 2 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 2.8 expected
- Best hours
- 13:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.2 h
- Water
- 20 °C, 4/3
- Air
- 21 °Cdaily maximum, 20 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 4 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 36 | 39 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 48 | 57 | 39 | 29 | 32 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Possible | cold | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Good | Good | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 3 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 1 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 12 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 12 to 15 | 13 to 16 | 12 to 17 | 12 to 17 | 13 to 16 | 13 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 12 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 12 of 31 | 8 of 28 | 9 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 3 of 30 | 1 of 31 | 1 of 31 | 3 of 30 | 4 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 11 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 5/4 | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 3/2 | spring | spring | spring | 4/3 | 4/3 | 5/4 |
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 6
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 2
Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
2 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 3.4 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Çanakkale: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Çanakkale?
The best month is August: from 2017 to 2025, 57 % of its days were kite days.
Is Çanakkale windy in October?
Sometimes. 29 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 9 days in a typical October. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Çanakkale?
The water ranges from 11 °C in February to 23 °C in July. In October it is about 20 °C (wetsuit: 4/3).
How many kite days does Çanakkale get in a year?
About 129 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Canakkale
- Country
- Turkey
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Çanakkale Airport (CKZ), 2 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 40.1313, 26.4065
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Canakkale
- 63% kite days
Güzelceköy38 km
12 kn NE21 °C 3/2sea
Kite days by month in Güzelceköy: Jan 72 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 53 %, May 48 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 77 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 66 %, Dec 65 % - 62% kite days
Tuz Gölü39 km
12 kn NNE21 °C 3/2sea
Kite days by month in Tuz Gölü: Jan 74 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 53 %, May 50 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 69 %, Aug 81 %, Sep 65 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 66 %, Dec 67 % - 61% kite days
Cayir Beach45 km
12 kn NNE21 °C 3/2sea
Kite days by month in Cayir Beach: Jan 68 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 56 %, May 53 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 80 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 73 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 61 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: medium.
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In October, 29 % of days at Çanakkale met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/canakkale
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