🇨🇴 Mayapo Beach
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Best directionNE
Wind speed18–25kt
SeasonDec – Apr
Skill levelAll levels
WaterChop
Ridden forKitesurfing
A more accessible stretch of La Guajira coast than the remote capes further north, with the same steady Caribbean trade wind and a genuine local kite scene.
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Getting thereLocated in the La Guajira department, roughly a 25-minute drive north of Riohacha Airport (RCH) via the main coastal road. A car is necessary to transport…
HazardsThe spot features an open sea environment with a moderate shorebreak and a powerful longshore current that constantly drags riders downwind. True beginners…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when the intense equatorial trade winds are heavily accelerated by thermal suction from the dry desert interior. Arriving around…
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