Ok, Here is a question. What is good for Kitesurfing in the world right now? AM I wrong to think this is the time of year for kiting near the equator right now?

Its a Hypothetical, but if I had the money to go anywhere to surf, what would be good right now?

I can tell you where its not, the frickin silver valley of ID!! I know a lot of people seem to head down to LaVentena this time of year and they seem to say many good things about it. Prbly on the lower end of the hypothetical endless budget tho. OT: I leave for 5 days to Vegas and come back and youve got me smoked on posts? WTF? I need a laptop!!

Cozumel maybe? South padre? any coastal areas with wind. I think some seasons are just starting. I think fiji is the next place there is a kite resort thats trying to get started and i think the season is on right now. Wish i could go anywhere tropical that would be my choice.

Hello everybody,

Here are the result of my research regrading the best spot to ride according to the season.

Hope that might help....

January
Western Oz, cape town-South Africa, La ventana-mexico,
Boracay-philipines, Namibia, St. Louis-Senegal, Copal-Costa Rica, Mui
Ne Bay-Vietnam, Nashiro-Japan, Baja, Barbados, Kenya-mombasa, BVIs,
Carmelo-Uruguay, Buenos aires-Argentina, Hong Kong, Puclaro-Chile,
Yemen-Red Sea, Zanzibar, Bahamas, Adicora, Tarifa

February
Margarita, Western Oz, St. Louis-Senegal, cape verde, Melbourne, Hua
Hin - Thailand, South Africa, La ventana-mexico, Boracay-philipines,
Cap Chevalier-Martinique, Zanzibar-Tanzania, Copal-Costa Rica, Mui Ne
Bay-Vietnam, Belize, Florida-USA, Nashiro-Japan, Baja, Barbados, South
Padre Island-(TX)USA, Esbjerg-Denmark, cabarete, Bonaire-Carib, St.
Lucia-Carib, Whitehaven-Whitsunday Islands, BVIs, Noordwijk ann
Zee-Netherlands, Puclaro-Chile, Yemen-Red Sea, Bahamas, Coche,
Adicora, Tarifa

March
El gouna-Egypt, cape verde, St. Louis-Senegal, cabarete, margarita,
Western Oz, Hua Hin - Thailand, South Africa, La ventana-mexico,
Esbjerg-Denmark, Antigua, Goa, Cap Chevalier-Martinique,
Zanzibar-Tanzania, Copal-Costa Rica, Mui Ne Bay-Vietnam, Belize,
Florida-USA, Barbados, South Padre Island-(TX)USA, Bonaire-Carib, St.
Lucia-Carib, Negombo-Sri Lanka, BVIs, Ibiza-spain, Rosslare-Ireland,
Watergate-UK, Cape Hatteras-USA, Puclaro-Chile, Yemen-Red Sea,
Bahamas, Coche, Adicora, Los Roques, Tarifa

April
cape verde, Margarita, Western Oz, Hua Hin - Thailand, Antigua, Cap
Chevalier-Martinique, Belize, Banff-Canada, Barbados, South Padre
Island-(TX)USA, Safaga-Egypt, Bonaire-Carib, St. Lucia-Carib,
Whitehaven-Whitsunday Islands, Negombo-Sri Lanka**, Ibiza-spain,
Rosslare-Ireland, Watergate-UK, Cape Hatteras-USA, Puclaro-Chile,
Coche, Los Roques, Adicora, Tarifa

May
cape verde, Margarita, Antigua, Cape Hatteras-USA, Leucate-France,
Essaouira-Morocco, Iraq, El yaque-venezuela, ras sudr-egypt,
Rhodes-Greece, porto pollo-Sardinia, Fuerteventura, cabarete,
Bonaire-Carib, St. Lucia-Carib, Whitehaven-Whitsunday Islands,
Ibiza-spain, Aruba-Carib, Tarifa, Puclaro-Chile, Mancora-Peru, El
Coche, Adicora, Los Roques,

June
Fuerteventura, Tenerife, cape verde, cabarete, Raratonga, The
gorge-USA, Bol-Croatia, Ponto de Oura-Mozambique, Seychelles*,
Maui-USA, fiji, Essaouira-Morocco, Guincho-Portugal, el
yaque-venezuela, rhodes-greece, levkada-greece, dakhla-morocco ,
Corsica, Rhodes-Greece, Pirlanta-Turkey, Paramali-Cyprus, porto
pollo-Sardinia, Lanzarote, Bonaire-Carib, St. Lucia-Carib, Sri
Lanka**, Aruba-Carib, Puclaro-Chile, Mancora-Peru, Sumbawa-Indonesia,
Los Roques

July
Cabarete, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Mauritius, Naxos-Greece, Raratonga,
The gorge-USA, Pirlanta-Turkey, Bol-Croatia, Seychelles*, solomon
Islands, Maui-USA, fiji, Tahiti, Essaouira-Morocco, Guincho-Portugal,
el yaque-venezuela, rhodes-greece, levkada-greece, dakhla - morocco,
Corsica, paros-Greece, porto pollo-Sardinia, Lanzarote, El
Gouna-Egypt, Safaga-Egypt, Sinai, eilat-Israel, Paramali-Cyprus, Sri
Lanka**, Maui-USA, Aruba-Carib, Puclaro-Chile, Mancora-Peru,
Sumbawa-Indonesia

August
Cabarete, El Gouna-Egypt, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Brazil, Mauritius,
cape verde, Naxos-Greece, Raratonga, The gorge-USA, Bol-Croatia,
Pirlanta-Turkey, Zanzibar-Tanzania, Guincho-Portugal, Seychelles*,
solomon Islands, Rangiroa-F.polynesia, Maui-USA, fiji, Tahiti,
Essaouira-Morocco, Corsica, Rhodes-Greece, Paramali-Cyprus
paros-Greece, Lanzarote, Safaga-Egypt, Eilat-Israel, Sinai, Sri
Lanka**, Maui-USA, Aruba-Carib, Puclaro-Chile, Mancora-Peru,
Sumbawa-Indonesia, Tortoli-Sardinia

September
El Gouna-Egypt, Tucus-Brazil, Mauritius, Pirlanta-Turkey,
Zanzibar-Tanzania, Seychelles*, solomon Islands, Rangiroa-F.polynesia,
Sumbawa-Indonesia, Maui-USA, Madagascar, UK, Corsica,
rosslare-Ireland, Canada, Germany, Israel, Sinai, Noordwijk ann
Zee-Netherlands, Puclaro-Chile, Mancora-Peru, Cumbuco Brazil, ,
Auckland-NZ

October
Tucus-Brazil, Western Oz, Sumbawa-indonesia, Madagascar, New
Caledonia, Chile, Newquay-UK, Esbjerg-Denmark, rosslare-Ireland,
Buenos aires-Argentina, Carmelo-Uruguay, Noordwijk ann
Zee-Netherlands, Cape Hatteras-USA, Tarifa, Puclaro-Chile,
Mancora-Peru, Cumbuco Brazil, Auckland-NZ

November
Melbourne, Tucus-Brazil, Western Oz, Namibia, Sumbawa-indonesia,
Auckland-NZ, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Newquay-UK, Buenos
aires-Argentina, Carmelo-Uruguay, Hong Kong, Leucate-France, Noordwijk
ann Zee-Netherlands, Tarifa, Puclaro-Chile, Cumbuco Brazil, South Padre Island, TX

December
Melbourne, Tucus-Brazil, Western Oz, cape town-South Africa La
ventana-mexico, Namibia, Copal-Costa Rica, Mui Ne Bay-Vietnam,
Auckland-NZ, Nashiro-Japan, Baja, New Caledonia, Boracay-philipines,
Buenos aires-Argentina, Carmelo-Uruguay, Monastir-Tunisia, Hong Kong,
Leucate-France, Cape Hatteras-USA, Tarifa, Puclaro-Chile, Yemen-Red
Sea, Zanzibar


* - means varies depending on the island or side.
** - monsoon season this is the dry side of the island



% of days over force 4

JANUARY
Klitmoller 85%
Limfjord 81%
Blavand 77%
Wissant 75%
Norderney 75%
Sylt 75%
Westfriesland 71%
Provence 70%
Tarifa 69%
Hohwachter Bucht 68%


FEBRUARY
Provence 80%
Wissant 74%
Golfe du Lion 74%
Bretagne 73%
Klitmoller 73%
Galicien 72%
Tarifa 70%
Limfjord 69%
Blavand 68%
Hohwachter Bucht 64%

MARCH
Klitmoller 75%
Tarifa 75%
Limfjord 72%
Mecklenburger Bucht 72%
K�hlungsborn 72%
Wissant 70%
Blavand 70%
Norderney 69%
Bretagne 69%
Sylt 68%

APRIL
Tarifa 70%
Wissant 67%
Galicien 66%
Provence 65%
Klitmoller 64%
Golfe du Lion 61%
K�hlungsborn 60%
Mecklenburger Bucht 60%
Blavand 60%
Limfjord 59%

MAY
Tarifa 70%
Wissant 67%
K�hlungsborn 59%
Mecklenburger Bucht 59%
Ireland / Dingle 56%
Hohwachter Bucht 54%
Galicien 52%
St.Peter-Ording 50%
Norderney 50%
Sylt 49%

JUNE
Tarifa 68%
Ireland / Dingle 60%
Norderney 56%
Wissant 55%
K�hlungsborn 54%
Mecklenburger Bucht 54%
Sylt 53%
Blavand 51%
North Portugal 49%
Guincho 48%

JULY
Kos 80%
Rhodos 75%
Tarifa 74%
Norderney 64%
Sylt 59%
R�gen 59%
Mecklenburger Bucht 59%
St.Peter-Ording 57%
Ireland 56%
Westfriesland 56%

AUGUST
Tarifa 71%
Rhodos 58%
KOs 58%
K�hlungsborn 58%
Mecklenburger Bucht 58%
Fehmarn 57%
Wissant 55%
Klitmoller 54%
Blavand 54%
Norderney 53%

SEPTEMBER
Tarifa 69%
Blavand 66%
Klitmoller 64%
Wissant 63%
Norderney 60%
K�hlungsborn 60%
Mecklenburger Bucht 60%
Norderney 59%
Hohwachter Bucht 59%
Limfjord 57%

OCTOBER
Klitmoller 84%
Limfjord 78%
Blavand 74%
Norderney 73%
Sylt 72%
Bretagne 70%
Tarifa 70%
Wissant 68%
Westfriesland 66%
Seeland 65%

NOVEMBER
Westfriesland 83%
Klitmoller 82%
Limfjord 78%
Blavand 78%
Wissant 78%
Norderney 76%
Mecklenburger Bucht 76%
Seeland 75%
Hohwachter Bucht 75%
Sylt 74%

DECEMBER
Tarifa 78%
Bretagne 78%
Wissant 78%
Norderney 76%
Blavand 75%
Sylt 74%
Klitmoller 74%
Normandie 70%
Provence 70%
Galicien 68%

wow! That is the kind of imformation that we should all hope to have returned to us. Im gonna copy and paste this into my personal Kiteboard files!

Sounds good



So which destination are you gonna pick ?





This forum could have a trip review section

That is some killer information All places listed look great the only thing is the US destinations were far and few between the tons of international destinations. IF i were a millionare just book the plane to take me there

Yea ...
so we could try to list all the best US location to ride according to the season

Here is a list of the states :

ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

Lets get started

I would add South Padre Island, TX for domestic destinations in November.

Have been down here since the beginning of the month and will be through first of Dec. Windy most days since we've been here and in mid 70-80's both air and water temps!!! On the days between wind (normal SE prevailing winds and NE fronts) the surf has been great!!

We did the same thing last spring... looking for desitnations for April and decided on SPI, as it was one of the only US/domestic destinations.

April and Nov are the off seasons down here.. meaning many many cheap lodging options, eating etc.

Check this page everyday to see what the weather is like... http://www.spadre.com/surfcam.htm

Cheers!

ok
It's done thanks for the info NWLiquid
South Padre Island, TX in November