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Sal Rei, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kitekriol

Kitesurf spot · Cabo Verde

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
side
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 14 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 14 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 26 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Kitekriol
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots7knoffnot safechop26°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 7 knots10knside0.8 mwaves26°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots9knoffnot safechop26°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 7 knots10knoffnot safechop28°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knots8knoffnot safechop29°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 14 knots18knoffnot safechop28°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 14 knots19knoffnot safechop29°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 9 knots14knoffnot safechop28°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 9 knots12knoffnot safechop28°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 12 knots15kncross-offchop28°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 NovLow 05:45 −0.3 mHigh 11:53 +0.2 mLow 17:34 −0.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 00:20 +0.4 mLow 07:01 −0.3 mHigh 13:19 +0.1 mLow 18:51 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 01:43 +0.4 mLow 08:24 −0.3 mHigh 14:47 +0.2 mLow 20:19 −0.2 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.

Map

the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kitekriol

Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 26°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 W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Sal Rei. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$837–US$1,630 each

about US$837–US$1,630 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BVC, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$978
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$167–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$181–US$342
Totalabout US$837–US$1,630

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Sal Rei

Closest

Sal Rei

3 min by car · 30 places to stay

about US$60/nightcountry average

See 30 places to stay in Sal Rei · Booking.com

About Sal Rei its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$60 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.

Getting there: about 19h 55m

About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BVC, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.