Sakalava Bay
Kitesurf spot · Madagascar
Is it worth the trip?
58Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: 16 kn gusting 35, side-onshore, Water: waves 0.8 m
Tue 3 · 48 out of 100
- Wind
- E 14 kn
- Gusts
- 30kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 53 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 13 kn
- Gusts
- 29kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 66 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 16 kn
- Gusts
- 33kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 30°C
Fri 6 · 62 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 15 kn
- Gusts
- 31kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 30°C
Sat 7 · 62 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 15 kn
- Gusts
- 31kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 31°C
Sun 8 · 51 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 14 kn
- Gusts
- 30kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Mon 9 · 46 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 13 kn
- Gusts
- 30kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 29°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Mon 217, poor
- Tue 373, good
- Wed 471, good
- Thu 581, good
- Fri 677, good
- Sat 776, good
- Sun 876, good
- Mon 969, good
- Tue 1079, good
The spot in six facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 27 °Cno wetsuit
- Best Jun–Sep7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 17, poor | wind from the east, 10 knots | 24kn | on | chop | 30°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 73, good | wind from the east, 14 knots | 30kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 71, good | wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots | 29kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 81, good | wind from the south-east, 16 knots | 33kn | side-on | chop | 30°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 77, good | wind from the south-east, 15 knots | 31kn | side-on | chop | 30°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 76, good | wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots | 31kn | side-on | chop | 31°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 76, good | wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots | 30kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 69, good | wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots | 30kn | side-on | chop | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 79, good | wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots | 31kn | side-on | chop | 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
- Mon 2 NovLow 01:54 −0.5 mHigh 08:35 +0.6 mLow 15:18 −0.5 mHigh 21:37 +0.3 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 03:36 −0.4 mHigh 10:13 +0.5 mLow 16:49 −0.5 mHigh 23:18 +0.4 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 05:24 −0.4 mHigh 11:45 +0.5 mLow 18:04 −0.5 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 Jun–Sep
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec4of 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
the place in full, sources, credits
About Sakalava Bay
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, 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 27°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 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 sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 137). The sea is about 25°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at expert level the best months are usually June, July, August and September, with about 7 good days in 7; in February, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Antsiranana.
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Where to stay: Antsiranana
about 25 min by car · 27 places to stay
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