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Spot de Turtle Islands

Turtle Islands kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Sierra Leone · Southern Province

7.63 | -13.06

Overview

The Turtle Islands are an archipelago in Sierra Leone located in the Atlantic, off the coast of Bonthe. These remote islands offer kitesurfing conditions with southwest monsoon winds and the Harmattan. The exposed oceanic water with tides is suited to intermediate to advanced riders due to the isolation and currents.
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Turtle Islands: when to go?

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

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are March, July and August, at 31 rideable days and 27 °C. The low point is November, at 13.5 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 83% 13-20 knots · 17% 21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 83% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is July, at 26 °C. The wettest month is July, with 705 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Turtle Islands — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 30.0 154 h 28 °C 21 mm
February 28.0 210 h 28 °C 13 mm
March 31.0 289 h 28 °C 12 mm
April 29.5 244 h 28 °C 55 mm
May 25.5 175 h 28 °C 252 mm
June 26.5 222 h 27 °C 500 mm
July 31.0 425 h 26 °C 705 mm
August 31.0 433 h 26 °C 550 mm
September 29.5 303 h 26 °C 549 mm
October 21.0 133 h 27 °C 314 mm
November 13.5 67 h 28 °C 123 mm
December 26.0 144 h 28 °C 45 mm
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Technical details of Turtle Islands spot

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Spot opening date

Open all year round

Required level

Intermediate

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