🇩🇿 Annaba (Chapuis)
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Best directionNE
Wind speed12–20kt
SeasonApr – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterChop
Algeria's Annaba coast is one of the few areas in the country with any confirmed kite activity in international spot listings, making it a genuine, if under-documented, starting point on this stretch of coast.
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Getting thereWithin the coastal city of Annaba, just 15 minutes north of Annaba International Airport (AAE). A car or city taxi provides easy transit; paid and free street parking along the urban corniche road at Playa Chapuis. The sandy public beachfront gives direct access.
HazardsGenuinely congested with local beachgoers, sunbeds, and swimming buoys in peak summer, making kite launching heavily restricted near the promenade. Watch for concrete seawalls, stone jetties, and real wind shadows from coastal buildings close to shore.
Best time of dayAfternoon, once solar heating over the northern plains peaks to draw in a stable NE sea breeze. Summer afternoons give the cleanest wind, well past the outer harbor breakwaters.