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Spot de Walvis Bay Speed

Walvis Bay Speed kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Namibia · Erongo

-22.96 | 14.46

Overview

Walvis Bay Speed is a kitesurfing spot dedicated to speed, located in the Walvis Bay lagoon in Namibia. This spot is world-renowned for its kitesurfing and windsurfing speed records. The speed channel offers perfectly flat water with extremely powerful and consistent south/southwest winds. The water is cold (around 14 degrees C) due to the Benguela Current. Spot reserved for advanced riders due to the strong winds.
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Walvis Bay Speed: when to go?

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

The spot works year-round: 27 rideable days a month on average, at 21 °C. It peaks in May, with 195 hours of usable wind.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 52% 13-20 knots · 45% 21-30 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 52% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is August, at 17 °C. The wettest month is March, with 12 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Walvis Bay Speed — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 29.0 241 h 22 °C 3 mm
February 26.5 231 h 22 °C 1 mm
March 29.5 277 h 22 °C 12 mm
April 27.5 207 h 20 °C 0 mm
May 30.0 195 h 26 °C 0 mm
June 26.0 166 h 23 °C 0 mm
July 27.5 200 h 18 °C 0 mm
August 26.5 179 h 17 °C 2 mm
September 26.0 208 h 18 °C 1 mm
October 25.5 250 h 19 °C 0 mm
November 26.0 207 h 20 °C 3 mm
December 26.5 200 h 21 °C 3 mm
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