Sumba
Kitesurf spot · Indonesia
Is it worth the trip?
4Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Mon 2: not enough of the right wind, 11 kn gusting 24, onshore, Water: flat
Mon 2 · 19 out of 100
- Wind
- ENE 11 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Shore
- on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 32°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 5 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 31°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 6 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 32°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 2 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 32°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 2 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 32°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 2 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 32°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 1 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- flat
- Air
- 31°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 121, poor
- Mon 219, 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 five facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 29 °Cno wetsuit
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 21, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots | 23kn | side-on | flat | 33°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 19, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots | 24kn | on | flat | 32°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 5 knots | 12kn | side-on | flat | 31°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 6 knots | 14kn | side-on | flat | 32°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 2 knots | 8kn | side-on | flat | 32°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 2 knots | 9kn | side-on | flat | 32°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 2 knots | 9kn | side-on | flat | 32°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot | 10kn | side | flat | 31°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 1 knot | 8kn | side-on | flat | 32°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 2 knots | 9kn | side-on | flat | 32°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 01:30 +1.3 mLow 08:25 −1.3 mHigh 14:44 +0.5 mLow 20:07 −0.5 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 02:22 +0.9 mLow 09:26 −1.0 mHigh 16:00 +0.3 mLow 21:26 −0.3 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 03:38 +0.6 mLow 10:49 −0.8 mHigh 17:47 +0.4 mLow 23:37 −0.3 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.
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About Sumba
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 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 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). The sea is about 27°C in June, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Waingapu.
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: Waingapu
3 min by car · 15 places to stay
about US$33/nightcountry average
About Waingapu 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.