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Sumba, Indonesia

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About Sumba

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

Water about 28°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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW 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 22). The sea is about 27°C in June, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Waingapu.

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  1. Accommodation.

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  2. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct011knsideflat
Mon 19Oct011knside-onflat
Tue 20Oct07knside-onflat
Wed 21Oct010knoffnot safeflat
Thu 22Oct09knside-onflat
Fri 23Oct013knsideflat
Sat 24Oct010kncross-offflat
Sun 25Oct09knonflat
Mon 26Oct013knside-onflat
Tue 27Oct09knsideflat
Wed 28Oct0––––

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).

  1. Jan0of 7
  2. Feb0of 7
  3. Mar0of 7
  4. Apr0of 7
  5. May0of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct0of 7
  11. Nov0of 7
  12. 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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 7, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 10, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 9, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 13, side-shore. Water: flat.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 2 kn gusting 10, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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