Season guide

Where to kitesurf in November

Plan a November kite trip. 31 kitesurfing destinations across 16 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Croatia. Compare riding areas, seasons and nearby stays where available.

Compare November destinations by region

The November shortlist spans 6 regions. Africa: 8 destinations in 5 countries; Asia: 4 destinations in 2 countries; Europe: 4 destinations in 3 countries; North America: 5 destinations in 2 countries; Oceania: 6 destinations in 2 countries; South America: 4 destinations in 2 countries. Compare the complete recorded seasons below if your dates are flexible.

Africa

8 destinations · Cape Verde, Egypt, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa

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  • Sal Island, Cape Verde

    A low, sun-bleached Atlantic island where the trade winds run all winter and the swell that made Ponta Preta famous arrives with them. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, October, November, December.

  • El Gouna, Egypt

    A resort town of islands and lagoons on the Red Sea, built around the water, with thermal wind that arrives on schedule. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

  • Soma Bay & Safaga, Egypt

    A shallow Red Sea lagoon that consistently blows harder than its neighbours, with rescue boats a requirement rather than a courtesy. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

  • Antsiranana & Northern Madagascar, Madagascar

    A thirty-square-kilometre emerald lagoon at Madagascar's northern tip, reached past Diego Suarez and almost nobody else. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

  • Nosy Be, Madagascar

    Madagascar's holiday island, with reliable south-east trades from April to November and rainforest, lemurs and diving alongside. Recorded best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

  • Pemba & Murrebue, Mozambique

    Thirty kilometres of turquoise lagoon in northern Mozambique, where you will often be the only person on the water. Recorded best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, November, December.

  • Cape Town & Blouberg, South Africa

    Table Mountain behind you and the South Atlantic in front, on the wind the locals call the Cape Doctor. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

  • Langebaan, South Africa

    A shallow turquoise lagoon an hour and a half up the coast from Cape Town, and one of the best places anywhere to learn. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

Asia

4 destinations · Philippines, Vietnam

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  • Boracay, Philippines

    A slender Philippine island with a famous west-facing beach and, fifteen minutes across it, the bay the Amihan blows over all winter. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

  • Coron & Calamianes Islands, Philippines

    Limestone islands and wreck-diving water in northern Palawan, with an Amihan season from November to March. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

  • Mui Ne, Vietnam

    Red sand dunes above a long Vietnamese beach, with wind that the desert behind it makes stronger than the forecast. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

  • Phan Rang, Vietnam

    A shallow lagoon inside a reef with waves outside it, and some of the strongest reliable wind in South East Asia. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

Europe

4 destinations · Croatia, Netherlands, Spain

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  • Nin & Zadar Coast, Croatia

    A shallow Adriatic lagoon beside a mediaeval town, with the maestral in summer and the bora in spring. Recorded best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

  • Dutch Delta Coast, Netherlands

    Dams, sea inlets and shallow lakes in the Dutch south-west, with wind most of the year and rules worth reading first. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December.

  • El Médano, Tenerife, Spain

    A low-key wind town under a volcanic cone on Tenerife's southern tip, where the trades blow on roughly two days in three, all year. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

  • Tarifa, Spain

    A walled Moorish town at the tip of Andalusia, where two seas meet and the wind has drawn riders for thirty years. Recorded best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.

North America

5 destinations · Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands

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  • Isla Blanca & Cancún, Mexico

    A sandbar north of Cancún with a shallow lagoon on one side and the Caribbean on the other, half an hour from the airport. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, November, December.

  • La Ventana & El Sargento, Mexico

    A desert bay on the Sea of Cortez where the winter El Norte funnels down the coast and the whale sharks arrive with it. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, October, November, December.

  • Los Barriles, Mexico

    A wide, empty sand beach on Baja's east cape, with side-shore wind, no current and miles of room. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, October, November, December.

  • Northern Yucatán Coast, Mexico

    A quiet fishing village and a long shallow coast on the Gulf side of Yucatán, with some of Mexico's most dependable wind. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, October, November, December.

  • Turks & Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands

    Miles of waist-deep water off Providenciales, with an onshore trade wind that blows on nine days in ten for ten months of the year. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, November, December.

Oceania

6 destinations · Australia, New Zealand

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  • Gold Coast, Australia

    Flat water behind sandbars in the Broadwater, and a demanding lagoon spot at Currumbin — with the tide deciding both. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, October, November, December.

  • Safety Bay, Australia

    The Fremantle Doctor arriving at two in the afternoon, over flat water south of Perth that trains professionals. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

  • Auckland, New Zealand

    A city built between two harbours, with flat sheltered water inside the Waitematā and open coast on either side. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

    A long Pacific beach and shallow tidal flats on the edge of a South Island city, with strong sea breezes in summer. Recorded best months: January, February, March, October, November, December.

  • Karikari Peninsula, New Zealand

    White silica sand and turquoise water in New Zealand's Far North, with sandbars that stay mirror-flat in 25 knots. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

  • Wānaka, New Zealand

    Alpine freshwater under the Southern Alps, where the wind is less reliable than the scenery is extraordinary. Recorded best months: January, February, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

South America

4 destinations · Brazil, Peru

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  • Atins & Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil

    A village at the edge of a desert of white dunes and rainwater lagoons, reached by boat or 4x4 and by very few people. Recorded best months: January, July, August, September, October, November, December.

  • Cumbuco, Brazil

    A fishing village on the Ceará coast that the trade winds turned into a kitesurfing town, with glassy lagoons a buggy ride down the sand. Recorded best months: January, July, August, September, October, November, December.

  • Jericoacoara & Preá, Brazil

    A fishing village in a national park where the streets are sand, and fourteen kilometres of beach downwind that made it a kitesurfing pilgrimage. Recorded best months: January, February, July, August, September, October, November, December.

  • Paracas, Peru

    A desert bay on the Peruvian coast beside a national reserve, with wind on around three hundred days a year. Recorded best months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

Start with your travel dates

The months shown are the best months recorded for the published kite areas within each destination. They are a planning shortlist, not a wind forecast or a promise of daily riding. An unmarked month means it is not listed in the guide, not that kitesurfing is impossible.

Choose the right kite area

A destination can contain different lagoons, beaches and wave spots. Open its guide to compare the individual areas and their seasons, water conditions and rider levels before deciding where to ride.

Connect the riding to the stay

Once you have a shortlist, compare the nearby stays where available. Check the distance to your chosen kite area, access arrangements and what the trip offers everyone travelling with you. Confirm current conditions and services locally before booking.

Flexible on dates?

Compare the months either side of November, or return to the full year.