Best Time to Ride: when to go kitesurfing, wingfoiling, windsurfing & surfing
Find the best time to go at 175 spots worldwide: windy days, waves, water and air temperature month by month from years of data, plus local knowledge.
By sport
- Best kitesurfing spots and when to go
- Best wingfoiling spots and when to go
- Best windsurfing spots and when to go
- Best surfing spots and when to go
- Best surf foiling spots and when to go
- Best parawing spots and when to go
- Best tow foiling spots and when to go
- Best SUP spots and when to go
- This month
- Top 10 kitesurfing spots in the world
- Top 10 wingfoiling spots in the world
- Top 10 windsurfing spots in the world
- Top 10 surfing spots in the world
- Top 10 surf foiling spots in the world
- Top 10 parawing spots in the world
- Top 10 tow foiling spots in the world
- Top 10 SUP spots in the world
Aruba
Australia
- Lancelin
- Coronation Beach
- Melbourne – St Kilda
- Gold Coast – Snapper Rocks
- Noosa – Noosa River
- Sydney Harbour – Rose Bay
- Airlie Beach – Whitsunday Islands
- Safety Bay – Bent Street
- Byron Bay – The Pass
- Margaret River – Surfers Point
- Burleigh Heads
Austria
Bonaire
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Fiji
France
- Leucate – Les Coussoules
- Hyères – L'Almanarre
- Hossegor – La Gravière
- Lake Annecy
- Biarritz – Côte des Basques
- Biscarrosse Plage
French Polynesia
Germany
Greece
- Paros – New Golden Beach
- Prasonisi – Rhodes
- Lefkada – Vassiliki
- Naxos – Mikri Vigla
- Limnos – Keros
- Karpathos – Afiada
- Mykonos – Korfos
Hungary
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
- Lake Garda – Torbole
- Porto Pollo
- Lake Como – Colico
- Lake Garda – Campione
- Chia – Su Giudeu
- Lo Stagnone – Sicily
Japan
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
- Rangiputa
- Lake Pupuke
- Kulim Park
- Lake Taupō – Acacia Bay
- Raglan – Manu Bay
- Lake Wānaka – Roys Bay
- Auckland – Waitematā Harbour
- Ahipara
- Piha
- Mount Maunganui – Main Beach
- Whangamatā Bar
- Gisborne – Wainui Beach
- Taranaki – Stent Road
- New Plymouth – Fitzroy Beach
- Wellington – Lyall Bay
- Kaikōura – Mangamaunu
- Christchurch – Sumner
- Dunedin – St Clair
- Muriwai
- Orewa
- Papamoa
- Napier – Westshore
- Opunake
- Foxton Beach
- Waikanae Beach
- Plimmerton
- Nelson – Rabbit Island
- Christchurch – New Brighton
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
- Lagoa de Óbidos
- Lagos – Meia Praia
- Ericeira – Ribeira d'Ilhas
- Costa da Caparica – Fonte da Telha
- Peniche – Baleal
- Nazaré – Praia do Norte
South Africa
- Langebaan Lagoon – Shark Bay
- Bloubergstrand
- Jeffreys Bay – Supertubes
- Witsand – Breede River mouth
- Muizenberg
Spain
- Tarifa – Los Lances
- El Médano
- Sotavento – Fuerteventura
- Gran Canaria – Pozo Izquierdo
- Mundaka
- Bay of Palma – Mallorca
- Zarautz
- Sopelana
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Tiree – Balevullin
- Cowes – the Solent
- Newquay – Fistral Beach
- Croyde Bay
- Porthleven
- Bournemouth – Boscombe
- Freshwater West
- Camber Sands
- Hayling Island
United States
- Hood River – Event Site
- Cape Hatteras – Canadian Hole
- Kanaha Beach Park – Maui
- South Padre Island – Laguna Madre
- San Diego – Mission Bay
- Oahu – Kailua Beach
- Maui – Ho'okipa
- Huntington Beach
- San Francisco Bay – Crissy Field
- Newport, Rhode Island – Narragansett Bay
- Santa Cruz – Cowell's
- Oahu – Haleiwa
- Oahu – Pipeline
- Kauai – Hanalei Bay
- Maui – Honolua Bay
- Mavericks – Half Moon Bay
- Malibu – Surfrider Beach
- Trestles – San Clemente
- Blacks Beach – La Jolla
- Morro Bay
- Rockaway Beach – New York
- Cocoa Beach
- Wrightsville Beach
- Folly Beach – The Washout
- Westport – Washington
- Short Sands – Oregon
- Bird Island Basin – Padre Island
- Sherman Island – Sacramento Delta