Gökçeada – Aydıncık, kitesurfing, wingfoiling & windsurfing. Photo: Aziz Akbiyik
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Best time to kitesurf Gökçeada – Aydıncık

The best time to kitesurf at Gökçeada – Aydıncık is June–September, the well-known local wind season, with water around 24°C.

Eşelek, Çanakkale, Turkey

Sports: Kitesurfing, Wingfoiling, Windsurfing, SUP

Best time to go: June–September

Gökçeada – Aydıncık wind & wave forecast

Aydıncık beach lies on the south-east coast of Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey's largest island, in Çanakkale province, near the village of Eşelek. Behind the beach is Tuz Gölü, a salt lagoon that is deep enough to ride only in spring and dries out in summer. Ferries run from Kabatepe on the Gallipoli peninsula to Kuzu Limanı in about 75 to 90 minutes; from the port it is about 12 km by road to the beach.

This is the island's main windsurf spot, and kite and wing are taught here too. The summer meltemi blows from the north-east, offshore here, so the water off the sandy beach is flat, with chop building in the afternoon. It is often strongest in the morning, around 20 to 25 knots in summer, can ease at midday and comes back in the afternoon as it veers east. Local schools usually open from April or May to the end of October. Kefaloz bay, about 4 km away on the north side of the cape, is the onshore wave spot.

Several centres on the beach rent and store gear and give lessons; there are guesthouses, campsites and a surf hotel close by, and parking near the beach.

Because the wind blows offshore, a crash, broken gear or a dropping wind takes you out to sea, and currents can be strong. Beginners should stay close in and ride only while a centre's rescue boat is watching. The sea is about 18 °C in May, 23 to 26 °C from June to September and about 20 °C in October: a 3/2 to 4/3 mm wetsuit in May, shorts or a shorty in summer, a shorty or 3/2 in October.

Month by month at Gökçeada – Aydıncık

  • January: 17 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 15 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 14°C, air 12°C (nights 7°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 19 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 13; a day can have both
  • February: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 14 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 13°C, air 12°C (nights 7°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 21 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
  • March: 13 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 12°C, air 14°C (nights 8°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 10; a day can have both
  • April: 12 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 14°C, air 18°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
  • May: 11 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 17°C, air 22°C (nights 15°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 6; a day can have both
  • June: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 22°C, air 28°C (nights 21°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 2; a day can have both
  • July: 8 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.3 m, water 26°C, air 31°C (nights 23°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 1; a day can have both
  • August: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 25°C, air 31°C (nights 23°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 2; a day can have both
  • September: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.3 m, water 24°C, air 26°C (nights 20°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 3; a day can have both
  • October: 13 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 21°C, air 21°C (nights 16°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 5; a day can have both
  • November: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 13 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 19°C, air 18°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 22 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 12; a day can have both
  • December: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 13 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 17°C, air 14°C (nights 10°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 19 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both

Kitesurfing in Turkey: June, July, August, September

When is the best time to go kitesurfing, wingfoiling & windsurfing at Gökçeada – Aydıncık?

June–September, the well-known local wind season (weather models underestimate the local winds here).

How warm is the water at Gökçeada – Aydıncık?

12°C to 26°C over the year: boardshorts, no wetsuit needed in the warmest month, a 5/4 with hood, boots and gloves in the coolest.

How windy is Gökçeada – Aydıncık?

About 156 days a year with at least 2 hours of 15+ knots in the daytime, most in January.

Figures from 5 years of weather data (Open-Meteo).

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