🇨🇱 Embalse Puclaro
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Best directionS
Wind speed20–30kt
SeasonOct – Mar
Skill levelAll levels
WaterFreshwater chop
Ridden forKitesurfing
Widely called the capital of kitesurfing in Chile — a reservoir in the Elqui Valley, famous for its clear astronomy skies, with a dedicated kite hotel right on the lake at Gualliguaica beach, the common launch point, and a fierce, funneled valley venturi wind that's remarkably reliable through the Chilean summer.
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Getting thereLocated in the Elqui Valley, roughly a 50-minute drive east of La Serena Airport (LSC) via Route 41. A car is completely mandatory to reach this inland…
HazardsThe reservoir features immediate deep water drop-offs and a hard clay bottom that can be slippery during launches. True beginners must exercise severe caution…
Best time of dayAfternoon, from September to April, when the extreme temperature differential between the cold Pacific coast and the baking Andes mountains creates a powerful…
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