🇳🇦 Walvis Bay Lagoon
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Best directionS
Wind speed20–35kt
SeasonSep – Apr
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterFlat lagoon
Ridden forKitesurfing
A flat, sheltered lagoon on Namibia's desert coast, part of a stretch of southern Africa known among kiters for some of the strongest, most consistent wind anywhere in the world.
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Getting thereAbout 15 minutes south of Walvis Bay town center or 45 minutes from Swakopmund. A car is required; free dirt parking right next to the water at the lagoon…
HazardsWind blows genuinely offshore or side-offshore at extreme velocity here — this is one of the world's premier speed-kiting locations, home to world speed…
Best time of dayAfternoon, October-March, when desert heat triggers a powerful thermal suction pulling the cold Atlantic breeze into the lagoon…
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