Maluku
Kitesurf spot · Indonesia
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 4 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 28°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 4 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 6 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 4 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 30°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 28°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 29°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 1 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 28°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 30, poor
- 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 Wopen to the W
- Best wind: N or Salong the shore
- Avoid: Eblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 29 °Cno wetsuit
- Best Jan–Feb, Jul3 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-south-east, 4 knots | 13kn | offnot safe | flat | 30°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 12kn | cross-off | flat | 28°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 12kn | cross-off | flat | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots | 16kn | offnot safe | flat | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 12kn | cross-off | flat | 30°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots | 9kn | offnot safe | flat | 28°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots | 10kn | offnot safe | flat | 29°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot | 7kn | offnot safe | flat | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot | 6kn | offnot safe | flat | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 3 knots | 9kn | cross-off | flat | 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 03:51 +0.9 mLow 11:06 −1.2 mHigh 18:01 +0.4 mLow 23:00 −0.2 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 04:48 +0.7 mLow 12:04 −1.0 mHigh 19:05 +0.4 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 00:19 −0.2 mHigh 06:02 +0.5 mLow 13:09 −0.8 mHigh 20:11 +0.4 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 Jan–Feb, Jul
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov0of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec2of 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 Maluku
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 29°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 is about 27°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at expert level the best months are usually January, February and July, with about 3 good days in 7; in April, October and November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ambon. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.
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: Ambon
4 min by car · 100 places to stay
about US$33/nightcountry average
About Ambon its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$33 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.