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Postby AirConnolly » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:06 pm
Paracas, Peru. I am not sure the exact season, but I think it is December - April. I was there for a week in November and thermal wind was on every day. I was very skeptical the first day when the wind was blowing around 5 knots at 10 am. by 2 pm it was a consistent 17-19 knots. Warm and flat water kiting. Also waves if you have a guide or the desire to seek it out. Not much else going on in the area, but a few resorts and restaurants. I will go back.
Aruba is usually pretty good, but December-March can be a little iffy, which I mean maybe 4 or 5 of 7 days with enough wind to kite. I've been there in December a few times. It's usually great, but one trip we got skunked - 2 days of kiting over 6 day trip.
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Postby ichabod » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:42 pm
slowboat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:20 pm
Summer: Sherman Island, California; Squamish; Cabarete
Winter: La Ventana
I definitely wouldn't class La Ventana as 95% reliable. Its good but frequently a couple of no wind days a week in season. The others I've not spent long enough at to tell but I didn't think Squamish would have 95% wind days either?
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Postby StillLovinIt » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:45 am
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Postby stakas » Tue Dec 05, 2017 8:54 am
Gökova Turkey is very reliable thru the summer. Not very strong though.
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Postby FLandOBX » Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:10 pm
I agree with Ichabod. 95% is a very high bar. I can't think of anywhere that is consistently windy 9 1/2 days out of 10......meaning only a half day every 10 days (or 1.5 days per month) is not kite-able. I'm sure the foilboarders will say that every day and any puff of air is kite-able, but for me, kite-able wind is 12-13 knots or more. I'm not sure many of the places mentioned in this thread are truly windy to that degree on a consistent basis 95% of the time, but maybe???
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Postby Gonzavala » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:07 pm
AirConnolly wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:06 pm
Paracas, Peru. I am not sure the exact season, but I think it is December - April. I was there for a week in November and thermal wind was on every day. I was very skeptical the first day when the wind was blowing around 5 knots at 10 am. by 2 pm it was a consistent 17-19 knots. Warm and flat water kiting. Also waves if you have a guide or the desire to seek it out. Not much else going on in the area, but a few resorts and restaurants. I will go back.
Aruba is usually pretty good, but December-March can be a little iffy, which I mean maybe 4 or 5 of 7 days with enough wind to kite. I've been there in December a few times. It's usually great, but one trip we got skunked - 2 days of kiting over 6 day trip.
Second Paracas, quite consistent during the southern summer months from November to March I'd say. Very good the rest of the year, but not as consistent.
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Postby dylan* » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:13 pm
the gorge is probably the most consistent place ive seen. was there for 6 months and picked up mountain biking as a change of pace because i was getting bored kiting every day, lol.
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Postby Eduardo » Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:40 pm
I agree 95% is a pretty high bar. Even Maui in summer can get shut down by a tropical system. But I'll add these as super consistent:
Bahia Salinas, Costa Rica, Dec-Feb
South Texas, US, March-May
Rhodes, Greece, July-Aug
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Postby Slappysan » Wed Dec 06, 2017 1:59 am
ichabod wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:42 pm
The others I've not spent long enough at to tell but I didn't think Squamish would have 95% wind days either?
2016 summer I think we hit 38 days in a row of 12m or smaller wind.
Looking over 2017 summer there are only 2-3 days that weren't rideable:
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Postby Da Yoda » Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:04 am
Sherman Island - Northern California.
"For June, July, and August there isn’t any place where you could just go to one place and sit in that one place and go everyday."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKA9Viw-Pj4
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