Madagascar Anakao, Madagascar
No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Toliara, 33 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TLE (TLE), 31 km.
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About Madagascar Anakao
Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.
Water about 26°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 W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 20). The sea is about 24°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at expert level the best months are usually September, October and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Toliara, 33 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TLE (TLE), 31 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this spot yet: Toliara, 33 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TLE (TLE), 31 km.
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Where it is
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Forecast
Best on Sat 24: 21 kn gusting 35, side-shore. Water: waves 1.2 m.
The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19Oct | 35, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots | 20kn | side-on | chop |
| Tue 20Oct | 22, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots | 23kn | side-on | chop |
| Wed 21Oct | 17, poor | wind from the west, 10 knots | 20kn | side-on | 0.8 mwaves |
| Thu 22Oct | 22, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots | 22kn | side-on | chop |
| Fri 23Oct | 60, good | wind from the south-south-west, 13 knots | 25kn | side | chop |
| Sat 24Oct | 80, good | wind from the south-south-west, 21 knots | 35kn | side | 1.2 mwaves |
| Sun 25Oct | 65, good | wind from the south-south-west, 22 knots | 35kn | side | 1.7 mwaves |
| Mon 26Oct | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots | 19kn | side | 1.1 mwaves |
| Tue 27Oct | 65, good | wind from the south-south-west, 15 knots | 26kn | side | chop |
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).
- Jan0of 7
- Feb0of 7
- Mar0of 7
- Apr0of 7
- May0of 7
- Jun0of 7
- Jul0of 7
- Aug0of 7
- Sep1of 7
- Oct1of 7
- Nov1of 7
- Dec0of 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates
- Tue 20 OctTravel out
No way there we can work out.
- Wed 21 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 20, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
- Thu 22 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 12 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: chop.
- Fri 23 OctKite Madagascar Anakao
13 kn gusting 25, side-shore. Water: chop.
- Sat 24 OctKite Madagascar Anakao
21 kn gusting 35, side-shore. Water: waves 1.2 m.
- Sun 25 OctKite Madagascar Anakao
22 kn gusting 35, side-shore. Water: waves 1.7 m.
- Mon 26 OctTravel home
No way there we can work out.
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