Overview

West Coast is a kitesurfing spot located on the west coast of Qatar, in Al Rayyan Municipality. This spot offers an open body of water on the Persian Gulf with less urbanised conditions than the east coast. The north-west Shamal blows directly onto this coast, creating onshore to side-shore conditions. The body of water is open with a sandy bottom. Remote and spacious spot.

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Spot forecast for West Coast

Sunrise 05:37 · Sunset 17:05

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

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Swell and waves

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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 6 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 03:28 · 1.6 m Low tide 05:21 · 1.5 m High tide 06:59 · 1.5 m Low tide 11:41 · 1.3 m High tide 14:54 · 1.6 m Low tide 23:50 · 0.8 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 07:58 · 1.7 m Low tide 12:54 · 1.2 m High tide 16:04 · 1.5 m
Thursday 22 October Low tide 00:57 · 0.8 m High tide 08:29 · 1.8 m Low tide 13:51 · 1.1 m High tide 17:46 · 1.5 m
Friday 23 October Low tide 01:53 · 0.7 m High tide 08:51 · 1.9 m Low tide 14:37 · 0.9 m High tide 20:17 · 1.6 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 02:43 · 0.6 m High tide 09:08 · 1.9 m Low tide 15:17 · 0.7 m High tide 20:55 · 1.8 m

West Coast: 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

351h

in July · 31 rideable days

The season runs from June to October, peaking in July: 28 rideable days a month and 351 hours of usable wind, at 40 °C. The low point is April, at 19.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 58%13-20 knots · 40%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 58% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 21 °C. The wettest month is March, with 30 mm.

Monthly averages: West Coast

Monthly averages — West Coast — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	22.0	240 h	21 °C	1 mm
February	21.0	233 h	22 °C	25 mm
March	20.5	218 h	26 °C	30 mm
April	19.5	167 h	34 °C	7 mm
May	22.5	268 h	38 °C	12 mm
June	26.0	264 h	41 °C	0 mm
July	31.0	351 h	42 °C	0 mm
August	26.5	215 h	42 °C	0 mm
September	29.0	264 h	39 °C	0 mm
October	26.0	237 h	34 °C	0 mm
November	20.5	217 h	28 °C	1 mm
December	19.5	164 h	22 °C	23 mm

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Technical details of West Coast spot

The spot works with winds from N, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

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All spots: Al Rayyan Municipality

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