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Rum Bottle Beach is a kitesurfing spot located on the northwest coast of Jamaica. This spot offers side-shore wind conditions with trade winds and pleasant Caribbean waters. The tropical setting and warm waters make it an enjoyable spot for kitesurfing.

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Spot forecast for Rum Bottle Beach

Sunrise 06:07 · Sunset 17:46

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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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Rum Bottle 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

350h

in April · 28.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are December, January and July, at 30 rideable days and 29 °C. The low point is October, at 16 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 78%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · 1%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 78% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at 27 °C. The wettest month is October, with 269 mm.

Monthly averages: Rum Bottle Beach

Monthly averages — Rum Bottle 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	30.0	332 h	28 °C	27 mm
February	25.0	276 h	27 °C	34 mm
March	26.5	230 h	28 °C	41 mm
April	28.5	350 h	29 °C	55 mm
May	27.5	246 h	29 °C	81 mm
June	25.5	258 h	30 °C	112 mm
July	30.0	332 h	30 °C	113 mm
August	25.5	232 h	30 °C	81 mm
September	18.0	128 h	30 °C	118 mm
October	16.0	157 h	30 °C	269 mm
November	26.0	249 h	29 °C	99 mm
December	30.5	328 h	28 °C	29 mm

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Technical details of Rum Bottle Beach spot

The spot works with winds from NNE, NE, ENE, E.

Depending on conditions: N, ESE, SE.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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MONTEGO BAY/SANGSTER8.8 kmsource WIS2 - WMO

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Ogimet - Montego Bay / Sangster (Jamaica)8.8 km

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All spots: St. James Parish

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