Bushy Park kitesurf and wingfoil spot

Guyana · Îles d'Essequibo-Demerara Occidental

Spot currently openIntermediate level 6.87 | -58.42

Overview

  • Kitesurf
  • Wingfoil

Bushy Park is a kitesurfing spot on Guyana's Atlantic coast, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region. This spot offers access to the Atlantic Ocean from a coastal area west of Georgetown.

Northeast trade winds blow consistently, particularly during the dry season (February to April and September to November). The Atlantic water offers chop with currents. Water is brown and muddy.

The spot suits intermediate riders. The environment is rural and undeveloped for kitesurfing.

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Spot forecast for Bushy Park

Sunrise 05:40 · Sunset 17:36

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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 4.7 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now05:240.7 m11:481.4 m17:440.9 m23:251.5 m06:180.6 m12:331.5 m18:370.7 m00:311.6 m07:020.5 m13:061.6 m19:200.6 m01:171.7 m07:400.5 m13:361.8 m19:590.4 m01:581.8 m08:150.4 m14:081.9 m21:370.3 m
  • Tuesday 20 October Low tide · 0.7 m High tide · 1.4 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 1.5 m
  • Wednesday 21 October Low tide · 0.6 m High tide · 1.5 m Low tide · 0.7 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 1.6 m Low tide · 0.5 m High tide · 1.6 m Low tide · 0.6 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 1.7 m Low tide · 0.5 m High tide · 1.8 m Low tide · 0.4 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 1.8 m Low tide · 0.4 m High tide · 1.9 m Low tide · 0.3 m

Bushy Park: 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

326h

in January · 31 rideable days

The season runs from October to May, peaking in January: 29 rideable days a month and 326 hours of usable wind, at 30 °C. The low point is July, at 15 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 31 rideable days31 d J February: 28.5 rideable days F March: 31 rideable days M April: 29.5 rideable days A May: 27.5 rideable days M June: 21 rideable days J July: 15 rideable days15 d J August: 17.5 rideable days A September: 23.5 rideable days S October: 27.5 rideable days O November: 28.5 rideable days N December: 29.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 31 rideable days31 d J February: 28.5 rideable days F March: 31 rideable days M April: 29.5 rideable days A May: 27.5 rideable days M June: 21 rideable days J July: 15 rideable days15 d J August: 17.5 rideable days A September: 23.5 rideable days S October: 27.5 rideable days O November: 28.5 rideable days N December: 29.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 98%13-20 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 98% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 29 °C. The wettest month is June, with 375 mm.

Monthly averages: Bushy Park
Monthly averages — Bushy Park — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 31.0 326 h 29 °C 107 mm
February 28.5 362 h 29 °C 113 mm
March 31.0 387 h 30 °C 62 mm
April 29.5 353 h 30 °C 154 mm
May 27.5 266 h 29 °C 364 mm
June 21.0 179 h 29 °C 375 mm
July 15.0 93 h 29 °C 295 mm
August 17.5 109 h 30 °C 186 mm
September 23.5 187 h 31 °C 81 mm
October 27.5 252 h 31 °C 103 mm
November 28.5 272 h 30 °C 149 mm
December 29.5 278 h 29 °C 195 mm

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Technical details of Bushy Park spot

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

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

Depending on conditions: ESE, SE, NNW.

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

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