Season guide

Where to kitesurf in October

Plan a October kite trip. 35 kitesurfing destinations across 18 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Croatia. Compare riding areas, seasons and nearby stays where available.

Compare October destinations by region

The October shortlist spans 6 regions. Africa: 10 destinations in 6 countries; Asia: 3 destinations in 2 countries; Europe: 8 destinations in 5 countries; North America: 5 destinations in 2 countries; Oceania: 6 destinations in 2 countries; South America: 3 destinations in 1 country. Compare the complete recorded seasons below if your dates are flexible.

Africa

10 destinations · Cape Verde, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, 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.

  • Hamata & Wadi Lahami, Egypt

    A vast shallow lagoon in the Egyptian deep south, two and a half hours from the nearest airport and almost entirely empty. Recorded best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • 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.

  • Watamu & Kilifi Coast, Kenya

    Kenya's quieter coast north of Mombasa, where the Kaskazi blows side-onshore over a reef lagoon from December to March. Recorded best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, December.

  • 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.

  • Le Morne, Mauritius

    A UNESCO-listed basalt monolith, a turquoise lagoon held by reef, and Mauritius's finest hotels within minutes of the water. Recorded best months: May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • 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

3 destinations · Indonesia, Philippines

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  • Banda Aceh, Indonesia

    Jungle and mountains behind a warm Sumatran coast, with two wind windows and almost no other kiters. Recorded best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • Lakey Peak, Sumbawa, Indonesia

    A legendary Indonesian wave on a remote stretch of Sumbawa, with strong wind from July to October and nothing else to do. Recorded best months: July, August, September, October.

  • 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.

Europe

8 destinations · Croatia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, 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.

  • Sardinia, Italy

    A Mediterranean island with wind on both ends — a shallow flat-water lagoon in the south-west, and one of Italy's windiest straits in the north. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • Tuscany & Maremma Coast, Italy

    Shallow, beginner-friendly bays on the Tyrrhenian coast, backed by the wine country and hill towns of the Maremma. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • Western Sicily, Italy

    Over 250 windy days a year on Sicily's south-west coast, on a wave beach well away from the crowds. Recorded best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • 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.

  • Lisbon Coast, Portugal

    A capital city with a lagoon, a twenty-kilometre beach and one of Europe's heaviest wave spots inside an hour's drive. Recorded best months: May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • 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, United States

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  • 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.

  • Cape Hatteras, United States

    A thin barrier island off North Carolina with shallow sound on one side and the best waves on the American east coast on the other. Recorded best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • Maui, United States

    The north shore of Maui, where the trades funnel between two volcanoes and the sport largely learned to fly. Recorded best months: May, June, July, August, September, October.

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.

  • Port Douglas, Australia

    Trade winds over a wide, shallow tropical beach in Far North Queensland, with the reef and the rainforest either side. Recorded best months: May, June, July, August, September, October.

  • 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.

  • 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

3 destinations · Brazil

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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.

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?

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