Isla Blanca, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Isla Mujeres, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CUN (CUN), 39 km.

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About Isla Blanca

Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at expert level the best month is usually March, with about 5 good days in 7; in July, August and September, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Isla Mujeres, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CUN (CUN), 39 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

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From Chicago: about 8 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to CUN, direct.
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Where it is

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Kite spot

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: 18 kn gusting 24, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Wind forecast and score for each day at Isla Blanca
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	18, poor	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	14kn	on	chop
Mon 19Oct	19, poor	wind from the east, 12 knots	16kn	on	1.1 mwaves
Tue 20Oct	65, good	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	22kn	on	1.2 mwaves
Wed 21Oct	72, good	wind from the east-north-east, 18 knots	24kn	on	1.5 mwaves
Thu 22Oct	58, good	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	19kn	side-on	0.9 mwaves
Fri 23Oct	42, fair	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	20kn	side-on	0.9 mwaves
Sat 24Oct	75, good	wind from the north-east, 16 knots	24kn	side-on	1.0 mwaves
Sun 25Oct	80, good	wind from the north-north-east, 18 knots	24kn	side-on	1.2 mwaves
Mon 26Oct	80, good	wind from the north-north-east, 25 knots	35kn	side-on	1.6 mwaves
Tue 27Oct	76, good	wind from the north-east, 18 knots	24kn	side-on	1.0 mwaves

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

Jan4of 7
Feb4of 7
Mar5of 7
Apr4of 7
May3of 7
Jun3of 7
Jul1of 7
Aug1of 7
Sep1of 7
Oct2of 7
Nov2of 7
Dec3of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight MDW to CUN, then 1h by road. About 8h 10 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Kite Isla Blanca
16 kn gusting 22, onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.
Wed 21 Oct
Kite Isla Blanca
18 kn gusting 24, onshore. Water: waves 1.5 m.
Thu 22 Oct
Kite Isla Blanca
13 kn gusting 19, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.9 m.
Fri 23 Oct
Kite Isla Blanca
11 kn gusting 20, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.9 m.
Sat 24 Oct
Kite Isla Blanca
16 kn gusting 24, side-onshore. Water: waves 1 m.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight MDW to CUN, then 1h by road. About 8h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £445–£860 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

Flights £190–£400
To the UK airport £35–£65
Hire car £70–£115
Food £150–£280

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