🇲🇬 Befotaka Bay, Nosy Be
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Best directionSSW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonJun – Oct
Skill levelBeginner
WaterFlat bay
Ridden forKitesurfing
A sheltered bay near Nosy Be, Madagascar's best-known tourist island, calmer than the wild wind further north at Diego Suarez.
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Getting thereNorthern coast of Nosy Be, about 45 minutes from Fascene Airport (NOS) via rural, unpaved roads. A 4x4 or private taxi is required for gear; free parking…
HazardsGenuinely remote — zero rescue infrastructure or local kite schools on site. Watch for wide tidal flats exposing shallow muddy sandbanks…
Best time of dayAfternoon, May-October, when the regional Varatraza (trade wind) blows cleanly from the ESE, accelerated by the…
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