🇨🇳 Pingtan Island
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Best directionNE
Wind speed20–30kt
SeasonOct – Apr
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterChop + waves
Ridden forKitesurfing
Known locally as 'wind country', a strait between the island and the mainland channels one of Asia's strongest, most consistent winter winds.
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Getting thereFujian Province, about 1.5 hours east of Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) via the cross-sea bridge highway. A car is essential for spots like…
HazardsA genuinely extreme tidal range, shifting sandbars, and real longshore current driven by the massive Taiwan Strait funneling effect. Watch for localized wooden…
Best time of dayAll day, September-March, driven by the Northeast Monsoon funneling relentlessly down the Taiwan Strait. Blows day and night…
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