Sea · Réunion
La Ravine Blanche
Best for kiting in July, with 52 % kite days. Water 25 °C.
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.
- 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.
Confidence highHourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 24 % Possibleabout 8 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 76 %
- Kiteable 24 %
- Too strong 0 %
- 10 day trip
- 2 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 12.6 h
- Water
- 25 °C, shorty
- Air
- 25 °Cdaily maximum, 24 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 5 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, La Ravine Blanche averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (24 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 19 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 38 | 38 | 24 | 19 | 23 |
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| Verdictshare plus good years | Off | Possible | Possible | Possible | Good | Good | Good | Possible | Possible | Possible | Off | Possible |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 16 to 18 |
| Daylighth | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 28 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 12 of 31 | 11 of 28 | 13 of 31 | 11 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 6 of 31 | 4 of 30 | 5 of 31 | 6 of 30 | 7 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | shorts | shorts | shorts | shorts | shorts | shorty | shorty | shorty | shorty | shorty | shorty | shorts |
- In January, La Ravine Blanche averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (19 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, La Ravine Blanche averaged 8 kite days out of 28 (27 %). Water 29 °C, boardshorts. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, La Ravine Blanche averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (26 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, La Ravine Blanche averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (36 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, La Ravine Blanche averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %). Water 27 °C, boardshorts. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, La Ravine Blanche averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (48 %). Water 26 °C, shorty. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, La Ravine Blanche averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (52 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, La Ravine Blanche averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (38 %). Water 24 °C, shorty. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, La Ravine Blanche averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (38 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, La Ravine Blanche averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (24 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, La Ravine Blanche averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (19 %). Water 26 °C, shorty. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, La Ravine Blanche averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (23 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. 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. 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 at La Ravine Blanche
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.3 expected
- February2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
- March2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.7 expected
- April4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 expected
- May5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.4 expected
- June6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.0 expected
- July5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.8 expected
- August4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 expected
- September3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.5 expected
- October (now)2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
- November1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.8 expected
- December2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.5 expected
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.
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.
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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
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week 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.
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
under 1 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: 1 in 10
about 1.8 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).
How the wind behaves
In July, the windiest month
- Too light 48 %
- Kiteable 52 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 48 %, kiteable on 52 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 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 SE (135°).
Kitesurfing at La Ravine Blanche: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at La Ravine Blanche?
The best month is July: from 2017 to 2025, 52 % of its days were kite days.
Is La Ravine Blanche windy in October?
Sometimes. 24 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 8 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 La Ravine Blanche?
The water ranges from 24 °C in August to 29 °C in February. In October it is about 25 °C (wetsuit: shorty).
How many kite days does La Ravine Blanche get in a year?
About 120 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
- Country
- Réunion
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), 5 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00 in October
- Coordinates
- -21.3415, 55.4605
- 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 Réunion
Kite days in October, % of days
- Ti Paris
Réunion · same kite days as La Ravine Blanche in October
24 %Kite days by month at Ti Paris: Jan 19 %, Feb 27 %, Mar 26 %, Apr 36 %, May 43 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 24 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 23 % - L'Etang Sale
Réunion · 2 points more kite days than La Ravine Blanche in October
26 %Kite days by month at L'Etang Sale: Jan 25 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 34 %, May 38 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 26 %, Nov 24 %, Dec 24 % - St Leu
Réunion · 11 points fewer kite days than La Ravine Blanche in October
13 %Kite days by month at St Leu: Jan 17 %, Feb 12 %, Mar 11 %, Apr 12 %, May 10 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 15 %, Aug 10 %, Sep 7 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 15 %, Dec 12 % - Boucan Canot
Réunion · 6 points fewer kite days than La Ravine Blanche in October
18 %Kite days by month at Boucan Canot: Jan 26 %, Feb 16 %, Mar 16 %, Apr 9 %, May 7 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 6 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 4 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 16 % - Le Port
Réunion · 1 point fewer kite days than La Ravine Blanche in October
23 %Kite days by month at Le Port: Jan 38 %, Feb 22 %, Mar 22 %, Apr 13 %, May 8 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 3 %, Aug 9 %, Sep 11 %, Oct 23 %, Nov 22 %, Dec 23 %
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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. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 24 % of days at La Ravine Blanche 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/la-ravine-blanche
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