Osmosis, Mauritius
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About Osmosis
Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.
Water about 24°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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 4.2 km out (1 in 417). The sea is about 23°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best months are usually August and September, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Port Sud Est.
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Forecast
Best on Mon 19: 16 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 2.3 m.
The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19Oct | 43, fair | wind from the east, 16 knots | 33kn | side-on | 2.3 mwaves |
| Tue 20Oct | 43, fair | wind from the east, 15 knots | 33kn | side-on | 2.1 mwaves |
| Wed 21Oct | 19, poor | wind from the east, 13 knots | 28kn | side-on | 2.1 mwaves |
| Thu 22Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east, 10 knots | 22kn | side-on | 1.9 mwaves |
| Fri 23Oct | 8, poor | wind from the east, 12 knots | 27kn | side-on | 1.6 mwaves |
| Sat 24Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots | 19kn | side | 1.5 mwaves |
| Sun 25Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots | 9kn | on | 1.3 mwaves |
| Mon 26Oct | 29, poor | wind from the south-east, 14 knots | 29kn | on | 2.9 mwaves |
| Tue 27Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots | 23kn | side-on | 3.1 mwaves |
| Wed 28Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east, 9 knots | 21kn | side-on | – |
| Thu 29Oct | 0, poor | – | – | – | – |
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).
- Jan3of 7
- Feb3of 7
- Mar3of 7
- Apr4of 7
- May4of 7
- Jun4of 7
- Jul4of 7
- Aug5of 7
- Sep5of 7
- Oct4of 7
- Nov3of 7
- Dec4of 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: 13 kn gusting 28, side-onshore. Water: waves 2.1 m.
- Thu 22 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 22, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.9 m.
- Fri 23 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 12 kn gusting 27, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.6 m.
- Sat 24 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 9 kn gusting 19, side-shore. Water: waves 1.5 m.
- Sun 25 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 9, onshore. Water: waves 1.3 m.
- Mon 26 OctTravel home
No way there we can work out.
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