Destination guide
Rhodes, Greece
Where the Meltemi meets two seas at the southern tip of Rhodes, and a sandbar divides flat water from waves.
About Rhodes
Rhodes has been a Meltemi island for as long as people have sailed here. The summer northerly funnels between the island and the Turkish coast, accelerates through the strait, and lands on a coastline that offers two entirely different kinds of riding within an hour's drive.
Prasonisi, at the southern tip, is the famous one: a sandbar where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean, with a flat lagoon on one side and a wave zone on the other, and a few metres of sand between them. It is the strongest wind on the island and it belongs to intermediate riders and above — the flat side blows offshore, the beach carries rocks and traffic, and in high summer it is very crowded. Kremasti, on the north-west coast twelve kilometres from Rhodes town, is the everyday alternative: a good 18 to 20 knots most afternoons, side-shore, choppy as the wind builds and flatter early in the morning. Fanes lies further along the same coast and is usually treated as a day trip.
The season runs June to September, with the wind building through the afternoon. Water reaches 28 to 29°C in high summer. And Rhodes itself — the medieval walled town, Lindos, the interior — is a genuine holiday island rather than a kite camp.
When to go
Best months: May, June, July, August, September.
Kite areas
3 distinct riding areas documented within this destination.