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Bora Bora
Kitesurf spot · French Polynesia
Is it worth the trip?
20Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Tue 3: 16 kn gusting 21, side-shore, Water: waves 1.5 m
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 11 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 27°C
Tue 3 · 100 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 16 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.5 mwaves
- Air
- 26°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 19 kn
- Gusts
- 26kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- 1.5 mwaves
- Air
- 26°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 17 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- 1.4 mwaves
- Air
- 26°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 18 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- 1.1 mwaves
- Air
- 26°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 16 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 1.1 mwaves
- Air
- 26°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 18 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 1.1 mwaves
- Air
- 27°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 3100, good
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in six facts
- Faces SWopen to the SW
- Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
- Avoid: NEblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 28 °Cno wetsuit
- Best in Feb1 good days in 7
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 11 knots | 17kn | offnot safe | 0.9 mwaves | 27°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 11 knots | 14kn | offnot safe | 0.8 mwaves | 27°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 100, good | wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots | 21kn | side | 1.5 mwaves | 26°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 19 knots | 26kn | cross-off | 1.5 mwaves | 26°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 17 knots | 24kn | cross-off | 1.4 mwaves | 26°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots | 25kn | cross-off | 1.1 mwaves | 26°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 16 knots | 22kn | offnot safe | 1.1 mwaves | 26°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots | 24kn | offnot safe | 1.1 mwaves | 27°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 11 knots | 24kn | offnot safe | 1.0 mwaves | 27°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 15 knots | 22kn | offnot safe | 0.9 mwaves | 27°C |
Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More
Tide
- Sun 1 NovHigh 01:25 +0.1 mLow 07:33 −0.0 mHigh 12:57 +0.0 mLow 18:47 −0.1 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 01:39 +0.1 mLow 07:32 −0.0 mHigh 12:24 +0.0 mLow 18:35 −0.0 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 01:16 +0.0 mLow 06:39 +0.0 mHigh 11:12 +0.0 mLow 17:41 −0.0 mHigh 23:46 +0.0 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Best time to go
best in Feb
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.
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the spot and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Bora Bora
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). The sea is about 27°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually February, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Vaitape.
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Where to stay: Vaitape
1 min by car · 8 places to stay
about US$114/nightcountry average
About Vaitape its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.