Best time to kitesurf Port Aransas

The best time to kitesurf at Port Aransas is April, with about 14 windy days a month (15+ knots) and water around 23°C.

Port Aransas, Texas (Corpus Christi), United States

Sports: Kitesurfing, Surfing

Best time to go: April

Port Aransas is the beach town at the north end of Mustang Island on the Texas coast, across the bay from Corpus Christi, reached by the free ferry or from the south along the island. Its Gulf beach runs south from the long rock jetty at the Aransas Pass ship channel, with the Horace Caldwell Pier near the north end of the beach.

Kiters like it best when a cold front brings strong north-east winds, from about November to May: the beach launch is easy, the jetty smooths the water near it, and the waves grow bigger further out. The south-easterly sea breeze of spring and summer blows onshore. The water gets deep a few metres from the shore. Surfers ride both sides of the pier, where sandbars shape the waves; it is best in a south-east swell with a north-west offshore wind on a low to rising tide, mainly in spring and autumn. The Port Aransas weather station, 0.4 km away, records 15 knots or more on about four days in ten through the year, most in April and May and fewest in August and September.

Waves and quickly deepening water make it a spot for confident kiters; local schools teach beginners on the shallow flat water of the bay. Keep clear of the jetty rocks, the pier and its fishing lines, and the ship channel. The water is about 15 °C in January and 30 °C in August: a 4/3 in winter, boardshorts or a lycra from May to October.

Month by month at Port Aransas

January: 11 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 1.5 m, water 16°C, air 18°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 21 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
February: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 1.6 m, water 17°C, air 19°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 23 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 6; a day can have both
March: 11 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 1.4 m, water 20°C, air 23°C (nights 17°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
April: 14 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 13 knots, waves 1.2 m, water 23°C, air 25°C (nights 21°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 13; a day can have both
May: 13 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.9 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 14; a day can have both
June: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.8 m, water 29°C, air 31°C (nights 27°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 12; a day can have both
July: 5 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 30°C, air 31°C (nights 27°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 10; a day can have both
August: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 30°C, air 32°C (nights 28°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 8; a day can have both
September: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.8 m, water 30°C, air 31°C (nights 26°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
October: 7 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.9 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 22°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
November: 10 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 1.3 m, water 23°C, air 23°C (nights 17°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 24 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
December: 7 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 1.5 m, water 19°C, air 20°C (nights 14°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 23 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 8; a day can have both