Name: Hatchet Caye Resort
Address: BZ

Overview

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Hatchet Caye Resort is a kitesurfing spot on a small private island off Belize's southern coast, near Placencia. This island resort offers an exclusive setting for kitesurfing in the warm, turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea.

The spot benefits from northeast to east trade winds blowing from November to May, with speeds of 12-20 knots. Water is protected by the Belize barrier reef, creating flat to slightly choppy conditions ideal for intermediate riders.

Access is by boat only from Placencia. The setting is isolated and pristine, offering an exclusive kitesurfing experience in an untouched tropical environment.

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Spot forecast for Hatchet Caye Resort

Sunrise 05:46 · Sunset 17:28

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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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Hatchet Caye Resort: 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

425h

in July · 31 rideable days

The season runs from March to August, peaking in July: 30 rideable days a month and 425 hours of usable wind, at 29 °C. The low point is November, at 22.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 51%13-20 knots · 48%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 51% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 26 °C. The wettest month is October, with 484 mm.

Monthly averages: Hatchet Caye Resort

Monthly averages — Hatchet Caye Resort — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	28.0	280 h	27 °C	192 mm
February	26.0	282 h	27 °C	74 mm
March	30.0	324 h	28 °C	41 mm
April	29.0	387 h	28 °C	56 mm
May	30.5	395 h	29 °C	29 mm
June	28.5	335 h	29 °C	263 mm
July	31.0	425 h	29 °C	292 mm
August	29.5	291 h	29 °C	292 mm
September	28.0	234 h	30 °C	310 mm
October	25.5	173 h	29 °C	484 mm
November	22.5	196 h	27 °C	414 mm
December	29.5	268 h	26 °C	413 mm

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Technical details of Hatchet Caye Resort spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, 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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