Kealakekua, United States

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Captain Cook, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: KOA (KOA), 32 km.

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About Kealakekua

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE 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 and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). The sea is about 25°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 28°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Captain Cook, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: KOA (KOA), 32 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to KOA, direct.
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Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Kealakekua.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this spot yet: Captain Cook, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: KOA (KOA), 32 km.
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Where it is

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Kite spot

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Forecast

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Kealakekua
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	8kn	side	0.9 mwaves
Mon 19Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	8kn	side	0.8 mwaves
Tue 20Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	7kn	side	chop
Wed 21Oct	0, poor	wind from the north, 1 knot	6kn	cross-off	chop
Thu 22Oct	0, poor	wind from the north, 1 knot	7kn	cross-off	chop
Fri 23Oct	0, poor	wind from the north, 0 knots	5kn	cross-off	chop
Sat 24Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-east, 1 knot	5kn	side	0.8 mwaves
Sun 25Oct	0, poor	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	5kn	side	0.9 mwaves
Mon 26Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots	10kn	offnot safe	1.0 mwaves
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	7kn	offnot safe	1.1 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).

Jan0of 7
Feb0of 7
Mar0of 7
Apr0of 7
May0of 7
Jun0of 7
Jul0of 7
Aug0of 7
Sep0of 7
Oct0of 7
Nov0of 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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 55 min by road. About 12h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 7, side-shore. Water: chop.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 6, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 7, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 0 kn gusting 5, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 5, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 55 min by road. About 12h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £765–£1,500 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 £415–£865
To the UK airport £35–£65
Taxi £55–£90
Food £260–£480

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