Ayvalık Kite Zone kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Türkiye · Balıkesir

Spot currently openIntermediate level 39.37 | 26.77

Overview

Ayvalık Kite Zone is a kitesurfing spot located in Ayvalık (Balıkesir province), on the northern Aegean coast. Exposed to westerly and north-westerly winds (Meltemi) in summer. Semi-flat water between the islands. Suitable for intermediate riders.
Suggest an edit

Spot forecast for Ayvalık Kite Zone

Sunrise 07:27 · Sunset 18:27

Open-Meteo

Premium weather models. Get the professional models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, MeteoSwiss…) and a 16-day forecast. Without a subscription: Open-Meteo over 5 days.

Go Premium

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

Forecasts provided by Open-Meteo

Ayvalık Kite Zone: 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

54h

in May · 13.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in May: 12 rideable days a month and 54 hours of usable wind, at 31 °C. The low point is November, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

0 5 10 15 January: 1 rideable days J February: 0.5 rideable days F March: 3.5 rideable days M April: 6 rideable days A May: 13.5 rideable days13.5 d M June: 9.5 rideable days J July: 12 rideable days J August: 12.5 rideable days A September: 10 rideable days S October: 5 rideable days O November: 0 rideable days0 d N December: 1 rideable days D 0 5 10 15 January: 1 rideable days J February: 0.5 rideable days F March: 3.5 rideable days M April: 6 rideable days A May: 13.5 rideable days13.5 d M June: 9.5 rideable days J July: 12 rideable days J August: 12.5 rideable days A September: 10 rideable days S October: 5 rideable days O November: 0 rideable days0 d N December: 1 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 99%13-20 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 99% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at 13 °C. The wettest month is January, with 93 mm.

Monthly averages: Ayvalık Kite Zone
Monthly averages — Ayvalık Kite Zone — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 1.0 5 h 14 °C 93 mm
February 0.5 3 h 13 °C 23 mm
March 3.5 13 h 18 °C 41 mm
April 6.0 24 h 21 °C 36 mm
May 13.5 54 h 25 °C 27 mm
June 9.5 42 h 33 °C 1 mm
July 12.0 45 h 35 °C 4 mm
August 12.5 50 h 33 °C 1 mm
September 10.0 44 h 29 °C 26 mm
October 5.0 20 h 23 °C 66 mm
November 0.0 4 h 19 °C 74 mm
December 1.0 3 h 14 °C 66 mm

Photo gallery of Ayvalık Kite Zone

This spot is waiting for its first images

Ridden here? One photo or video, and the spot comes alive for everyone discovering it.

Technical details of Ayvalık Kite Zone spot

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

The spot works with winds from W, NW.

Depending on conditions: N, SW.

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

Something out of date? Suggest an edit

Live

Currently, there is no weather station at this spot. If you want to change this, help us fund one: Weather Station Project

All the details of your session on windtracker.app

Webcams near Ayvalık Kite Zone

Webcams provided by Windy.com

Nearby spots

All spots: Balıkesir

Comments 0

No comments yet.

    Log in to comment

    Suggest a photo

    Accepted formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. 10 MB at most per photo.

    Suggest a video

    Your video suggestion will be reviewed by our team before being published. Thank you for your contribution!

    Paste the URL of your video from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.

    Suggest sports for this spot

    Select the sports you think are practiced at this spot:

    Your proposal will be reviewed by our team before publication.

    Sports practiced

    Select all sports available at this spot

    Menu

    Explore

    Log in Sign up Français