🇨🇮 San Pédro
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Best directionSW
Wind speed10–14kt
SeasonMay – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterSheltered bay + ocean swell
Ridden forKitesurfing
Ivory Coast's second-largest port city, with palm-sheltered coastline giving way to open ocean swell further out — genuinely light, thermal-driven wind rather than a strong trade-wind destination.
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Getting thereSouthwestern Ivory Coast, about 1 hour from San Pédro Airport (SPY) or 5 hours from Abidjan. A car is essential for the coastal dirt tracks; free parking…
HazardsAn open ocean setting with a real shorebreak and genuine undercurrent driven by Gulf of Guinea swell patterns. Deep water starts…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when daytime solar heating draws in a clean, consistent SSW thermal sea breeze. Steady…
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