🇹🇷 Datça Bay
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Best directionNW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonJun – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat + chop
Ridden forKitesurfing
A sheltered bay on the wild Datça peninsula, caught between the Aegean and Mediterranean, with its own funnelled version of the Meltemi.
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Getting thereAbout 2 hours from Dalaman Airport (DLM), by car via a winding mountain peninsula highway or a 1.5-hour car ferry from Bodrum. Free and paid parking along the…
HazardsHighly complex mountain topography causes real, sudden wind shifts and severe gust pockets close to shore. Launch and landing space is tightly…
Best time of dayMidday to afternoon, when the Meltemi gets heavily compressed and thermally accelerated through the volcanic mountain gaps of the Datça…
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