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Pointe Noire Beach kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Congo - Brazzaville · Pointe-Noire

Spot currently openIntermediate level -4.81 | 11.84

Overview

  • Kitesurf
  • Wingfoil
  • Windsurf
Plage de Pointe-Noire is the main kitesurfing spot in the city of Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo. This urban spot facing the Atlantic benefits from southwest monsoon winds during the dry season. The oceanic water with tides offers conditions for intermediate riders.
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Spot forecast for Pointe Noire Beach

Sunrise 05:50 · Sunset 18:04

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Swell and waves

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 3.1 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25 Now00:331.2 m06:280.7 m12:331.2 m18:400.5 m01:161.4 m07:180.6 m13:211.3 m19:230.4 m01:521.5 m08:000.5 m14:021.4 m20:010.4 m02:261.6 m08:380.3 m14:411.5 m20:400.3 m03:001.7 m09:150.2 m15:201.5 m21:190.2 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 1.2 m Low tide · 0.7 m High tide · 1.2 m Low tide · 0.5 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 1.4 m Low tide · 0.6 m High tide · 1.3 m Low tide · 0.4 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 1.5 m Low tide · 0.5 m High tide · 1.4 m Low tide · 0.4 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 1.6 m Low tide · 0.3 m High tide · 1.5 m Low tide · 0.3 m
  • Sunday 25 October High tide · 1.7 m Low tide · 0.2 m High tide · 1.5 m Low tide · 0.2 m

Pointe Noire Beach: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

301h

in October · 31 rideable days

The season runs from June to November, peaking in October: 29 rideable days a month and 301 hours of usable wind, at 26 °C. The low point is March, at 12.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 14 rideable days J February: 14.5 rideable days F March: 12.5 rideable days12.5 d M April: 15 rideable days A May: 17.5 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days J August: 29 rideable days A September: 30 rideable days S October: 31 rideable days31 d O November: 24 rideable days N December: 15.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 14 rideable days J February: 14.5 rideable days F March: 12.5 rideable days12.5 d M April: 15 rideable days A May: 17.5 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 29.5 rideable days J August: 29 rideable days A September: 30 rideable days S October: 31 rideable days31 d O November: 24 rideable days N December: 15.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 100%13-20 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 100% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is July, at 25 °C. The wettest month is February, with 326 mm.

Monthly averages: Pointe Noire Beach
Monthly averages — Pointe Noire Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 14.0 61 h 28 °C 297 mm
February 14.5 62 h 30 °C 326 mm
March 12.5 54 h 30 °C 280 mm
April 15.0 62 h 30 °C 228 mm
May 17.5 96 h 29 °C 123 mm
June 28.0 160 h 27 °C 22 mm
July 29.5 201 h 25 °C 8 mm
August 29.0 197 h 25 °C 8 mm
September 30.0 263 h 26 °C 38 mm
October 31.0 301 h 27 °C 95 mm
November 24.0 130 h 28 °C 319 mm
December 15.5 85 h 28 °C 283 mm

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Technical details of Pointe Noire Beach spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Depending on conditions SSW: Rideable SW: Rideable WSW: Rideable W: Rideable WNW: Depending on conditions NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from SSW, SW, WSW, W.

Depending on conditions: S, WNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
Spot opening date · Required level
Spot opening date
Open all year round
Required level
Intermediate

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