Overview

Salwa Kite is a kitesurf spot located in southwest Qatar, near the Saudi Arabia border. The spot offers a shallow body of water in an undeveloped area. The northwest Shamal is the dominant wind. The water is very shallow with a sandy bottom. Isolated spot requiring self-sufficiency, but offering vast and peaceful riding space.

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Spot forecast for Salwa Kite

Sunrise 05:37 · Sunset 17:05

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

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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 3.7 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 03:27 · 1.7 m Low tide 05:03 · 1.6 m High tide 06:50 · 1.7 m Low tide 11:48 · 1.4 m High tide 15:00 · 1.7 m Low tide 23:58 · 0.9 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 07:52 · 1.8 m Low tide 12:58 · 1.3 m High tide 16:08 · 1.6 m
Thursday 22 October Low tide 01:03 · 0.8 m High tide 08:29 · 1.9 m Low tide 13:55 · 1.1 m High tide 17:50 · 1.6 m Low tide 18:51 · 1.6 m High tide 19:55 · 1.6 m
Friday 23 October Low tide 01:59 · 0.7 m High tide 08:56 · 2 m Low tide 14:41 · 0.9 m High tide 20:39 · 1.8 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 02:48 · 0.7 m High tide 09:17 · 2.1 m Low tide 15:22 · 0.8 m High tide 21:10 · 2 m

Salwa Kite: 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

353h

in July · 31 rideable days

The season runs from June to September, peaking in July: 27 rideable days a month and 353 hours of usable wind, at 43 °C. The low point is December, at 17.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 58%13-20 knots · 40%21-30 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 58% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 22 °C. The wettest month is December, with 37 mm.

Monthly averages: Salwa Kite

Monthly averages — Salwa Kite — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	21.0	224 h	22 °C	1 mm
February	20.5	225 h	23 °C	17 mm
March	20.5	215 h	27 °C	26 mm
April	19.5	160 h	35 °C	9 mm
May	22.5	263 h	40 °C	12 mm
June	25.0	267 h	43 °C	0 mm
July	31.0	353 h	44 °C	0 mm
August	23.0	192 h	43 °C	0 mm
September	28.0	245 h	40 °C	0 mm
October	22.0	205 h	35 °C	1 mm
November	20.5	206 h	29 °C	0 mm
December	17.5	151 h	23 °C	37 mm

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Technical details of Salwa Kite spot

The spot works with winds from N, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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Nearby spots

All spots: Al Rayyan Municipality

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