Kite Spot Kourou
Kitesurf spot · France
Is it worth the trip?
49Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Mon 2: 12 kn gusting 15, side-onshore, Water: waves 0.8 m
Mon 2 · 91 out of 100
- Wind
- E 12 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 29°C
Tue 3 · 22 out of 100
- Wind
- E 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 50 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 8 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Fri 6 · 87 out of 100
- Wind
- E 12 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 8 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 10 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 221, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 623, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 930, poor
- Tue 1031, poor
The spot in six facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Open seato the swell
- Water 28 °Cno wetsuit
- Best Feb–Mar1 good days in 7
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 7 knots | 10kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 21, poor | wind from the east, 12 knots | 16kn | side-on | 0.8 mwaves | 29°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 10 knots | 13kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots | 13kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots | 11kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 23, poor | wind from the east, 12 knots | 16kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 8 knots | 15kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots | 14kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 30, poor | wind from the east, 13 knots | 16kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 31, poor | wind from the east, 13 knots | 17kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves | 29°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 00:41 +0.9 mLow 07:21 −0.9 mHigh 13:44 +0.6 mLow 19:42 −0.6 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 02:01 +0.8 mLow 08:39 −0.8 mHigh 15:06 +0.6 mLow 21:06 −0.6 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 03:27 +0.8 mLow 09:55 −0.8 mHigh 16:20 +0.7 mLow 22:24 −0.7 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 Feb–Mar
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
- Mar1of 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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About Kite Spot Kourou
Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW 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, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 16.7 km out (1 in 1667). The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best months are usually February and March, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kourou. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.
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