Overview

Kitesurf

Accessible spot (fee required) from the "Paradis" hotel. Standing depth for 50m, sandy beach. Flat water spot, very easy for beginners (in winter). You can navigate throughout the entire lagoon.

Ideal period from November to April with North, North-east winds.

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Spot forecast for Benitiers Island

Sunrise 05:36 · Sunset 18:14

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

Next tides

Low tide Tue 20 · 16:01 · 0.4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 21:38 · 0.5 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 03:59 · 0.3 m
High tide Wed 21 · 10:38 · 0.6 m

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Benitiers Island: 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

16h

in February · 2 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are February, April and October, at 2 rideable days and 29 °C. The low point is September, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 83%13-20 knots · 15%21-30 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 83% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is August, at 24 °C. The wettest month is January, with 185 mm.

Monthly averages: Benitiers Island

Monthly averages — Benitiers Island — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	1.5	18 h	30 °C	185 mm
February	2.0	16 h	30 °C	89 mm
March	0.5	7 h	30 °C	124 mm
April	2.0	7 h	29 °C	106 mm
May	0.5	2 h	27 °C	69 mm
June	1.0	10 h	25 °C	46 mm
July	0.5	5 h	25 °C	36 mm
August	1.0	4 h	24 °C	34 mm
September	0.0	2 h	26 °C	26 mm
October	2.0	7 h	27 °C	37 mm
November	1.0	5 h	29 °C	71 mm
December	0.0	1 h	29 °C	120 mm

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Technical details of Benitiers Island spot

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

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

Parking

Access is through the Paradis hotel, access requires a fee, unless you are a hotel resident.

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