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Langebaan, South Africa
Langebaan. Photo: Domenico Convertini from Zurich, Schweiz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Langebaan

Kitesurf spot · South Africa

Is it worth the trip?

6Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 6 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 15 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots
  • Best in Jun2 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Langebaan, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyS 11 kn18°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best in Jun

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. 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.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Langebaan

West Coast National Park
Photo: Darren Glanville from Acle, Norfolk, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turtle - West Coast National Park, South Africa
Photo: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Coast National Park, South Africa46
Photo: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Langebaan

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

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. 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 NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.8 km out (1 in 385). The sea is about 15°C in April, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 16°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually June, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Langebaan. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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$1,230–US$2,430 each

about US$1,230–US$2,430 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$858–US$1,780
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$161–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$147–US$268
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,430

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: Langebaan

Closest

Langebaan

1 min by car · 77 places to stay

about US$60/nightcountry average

See 77 places to stay in Langebaan · Booking.com

About Langebaan 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 28h 05m

About 28h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CPT, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 2h 15m by road

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