Best time to kitesurf Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables)
The best time to kitesurf at Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables) is January–July, December, the well-known local wind season, with water around 28°C.
Vieux Fort, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia
Sports: Kitesurfing, Windsurfing
Best time to go: January–July, December
Sandy Beach, also called Anse de Sables, is the long beach at Vieux Fort on the southern tip of St Lucia, on the Atlantic side of the island and next to Hewanorra International Airport. A watersports centre on the beach rents windsurf and kite gear and gives lessons, and there are beach huts, guesthouses and a resort nearby.
The beach faces the full trade wind, which blows from the east, cross-shore, and is steadiest from December to May. A reef and the Maria Islands, two small nature-reserve islets about 1.5 km out, protect the bay, so the water is flat to choppy inside, with bump and jump further out. The bay has a sandy bottom, and the beach curves into the wind at its downwind end, which makes it a safe place to learn. The Hewanorra airport weather station, 2.6 km away, records 15 knots or more on about nine days in ten from January to July and on fewer from August to October.
The wind can be gustier at the start and end of the season. Keep clear of the airport's approach and of swimmers off the beach. The water is 27 to 30 °C all year: boardshorts, or a shorty on cooler days from December to March.
Month by month at Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables)
- January: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 28°C, air 28°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 20; a day can have both
- February: 2 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
- March: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 27°C, air 29°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 19; a day can have both
- April: 1 windy day (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 28°C, air 29°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 18; a day can have both
- May: 1 windy day (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 28°C, air 30°C (nights 25°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 19; a day can have both
- June: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 29°C, air 30°C (nights 25°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 24; a day can have both
- July: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 29°C, air 29°C (nights 25°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 26; a day can have both
- August: 0 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 29°C, air 30°C (nights 26°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 26; a day can have both
- September: 0 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 30°C, air 31°C (nights 26°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 20; a day can have both
- October: 0 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 30°C, air 30°C (nights 26°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 22; a day can have both
- November: 1 windy day (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 29°C, air 29°C (nights 25°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 21; a day can have both
- December: 2 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 28°C, air 29°C (nights 24°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 31 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 19; a day can have both
When is the best time to go kitesurfing & windsurfing at Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables)?
January–July, December, the well-known local wind season (weather models underestimate the local winds here).
How warm is the water at Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables)?
27°C to 30°C over the year: boardshorts all year, no wetsuit needed.
How windy is Vieux Fort – Sandy Beach (Anse de Sables)?
About 23 days a year with at least 2 hours of 15+ knots in the daytime, most in June.
Figures from 5 years of weather data (Open-Meteo).
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