Sea · Bolívar · Colombia
Las Velas
Best for kiting from January to March, with 66 to 82 % kite days. Water 28 to 29 °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
- 10 % Offabout 3 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 90 %
- Kiteable 10 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- under 1 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 1.1 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 12:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.9 h
- Water
- 30 °C, boardshorts
- Air
- 29 °Cdaily maximum, 28 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 25 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Las Velas averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (10 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 66 | 82 | 80 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Possible |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 3 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | 4 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 16 to 17 | 14 to 17 | 14 to 17 | 16 to 17 | 16 to 17 | · | 15 to 17 | 17 to 17 | · | 10 to 12 | 10 to 17 | 16 to 17 |
| Daylighth | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| Water°C at the surface | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 2 of 31 | 1 of 28 | 2 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 19 of 31 | 20 of 30 | 15 of 31 | 19 of 31 | 22 of 30 | 25 of 31 | 20 of 30 | 6 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water | boardshorts all year | |||||||||||
- In January, Las Velas averaged 21 kite days out of 31 (66 %). Water 29 °C, boardshorts. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Las Velas averaged 23 kite days out of 28 (82 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Las Velas averaged 25 kite days out of 31 (80 %). Water 28 °C, boardshorts. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, Las Velas averaged 13 kite days out of 30 (43 %). Water 29 °C, boardshorts. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Las Velas averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (11 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Las Velas averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (6 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Las Velas averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (18 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Las Velas averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Las Velas averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %). Water 31 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Las Velas averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (10 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Las Velas averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Las Velas averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (35 %). Water 30 °C, boardshorts. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 Las Velas
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.3 expected
- February9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 8.1 expected
- March9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.7 expected
- April3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.6 expected
- Mayunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.0 expected
- Juneunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.7 expected
- July1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.7 expected
- Augustunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.6 expected
- Septemberunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.6 expected
- October (now)under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.1 expected
- Novemberunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.6 expected
- December4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 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.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
- 6
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 8
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 8
- 5
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 5
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: 2 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 February, the windiest month
- Too light 18 %
- Kiteable 82 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 18 %, kiteable on 82 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 14:00 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 N (0°).
Kitesurfing at Las Velas: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Las Velas?
The best months are January to March: from 2017 to 2025, 66 to 82 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Las Velas windy in October?
Rarely. 10 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 3 days in a typical October. Fewer than 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Las Velas?
The water ranges from 28 °C in February to 31 °C in September. In October it is about 30 °C (wetsuit: boardshorts).
How many kite days does Las Velas get in a year?
About 114 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
- Bolívar
- Country
- Colombia
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Rafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG), 7 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 10.3988, -75.5626
- 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 Bolívar
Kite days in October, % of days
- La V
Colombia · same kite days as Las Velas in October
10 %Kite days by month at La V: Jan 66 %, Feb 82 %, Mar 80 %, Apr 43 %, May 11 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 7 %, Sep 4 %, Oct 10 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 35 % - Café del Mar
Colombia · 2 points fewer kite days than Las Velas in October
8 %Kite days by month at Café del Mar: Jan 70 %, Feb 83 %, Mar 82 %, Apr 46 %, May 12 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 8 %, Nov 15 %, Dec 38 % - La Boquilla
Colombia · 1 point fewer kite days than Las Velas in October
9 %Kite days by month at La Boquilla: Jan 75 %, Feb 84 %, Mar 86 %, Apr 51 %, May 14 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 2 %, Oct 9 %, Nov 15 %, Dec 49 % - Playa Blanca
Colombia · 1 point fewer kite days than Las Velas in October
9 %Kite days by month at Playa Blanca: Jan 63 %, Feb 78 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 36 %, May 10 %, Jun 5 %, Jul 15 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 9 %, Nov 16 %, Dec 27 % - Rosario Islands
Colombia · same kite days as Las Velas in October
10 %Kite days by month at Rosario Islands: Jan 63 %, Feb 78 %, Mar 72 %, Apr 37 %, May 12 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 5 %, Oct 10 %, Nov 18 %, Dec 31 % - Playa Caleta
Colombia · 3 points fewer kite days than Las Velas in October
7 %Kite days by month at Playa Caleta: Jan 84 %, Feb 91 %, Mar 90 %, Apr 63 %, May 22 %, Jun 12 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 22 %, Dec 71 % - Galerasamba
Colombia · 2 points fewer kite days than Las Velas in October
8 %Kite days by month at Galerasamba: Jan 92 %, Feb 95 %, Mar 93 %, Apr 75 %, May 30 %, Jun 19 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 5 %, Oct 8 %, Nov 28 %, Dec 79 %
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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, 10 % of days at Las Velas 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/las-velas
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