🇴🇲 Al Ashkharah
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Best directionSSW
Wind speed18–28kt
SeasonMay – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat + chop
Ridden forKitesurfing
A fishing town on Oman's eastern coast, open to the same summer monsoon wind that makes nearby Masirah famous.
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Getting thereMain eastern coast of Oman, about 3 hours southeast of Muscat via the highway through Sur. A car reaches town, but a 4x4 is essential for the sandy tracks onto…
HazardsA wild open-ocean wave spot with a real, brutal shorebreak and lateral undercurrent driven by the summer monsoon. Avoid peak summer months here…
Best time of dayAfternoon, June-September, when the Khareef monsoon brings cool maritime air thermally accelerated across the hot…
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