Sakalava Bay, Madagascar
Also within 20 km of Antsiranana
- Madagascar Diego Suarez Kite spot · 0.3 km from Antsiranana
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About Sakalava Bay
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, 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 26°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 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 very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 137). The sea is about 25°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at expert level the best months are usually July, August and September, with about 7 good days in 7; in February, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Antsiranana.
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Forecast
Best on Thu 22: 16 kn gusting 34, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
The score for windsurf, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19Oct | 53, good | wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots | 41kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves |
| Tue 20Oct | 46, fair | wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots | 37kn | side-on | 0.8 mwaves |
| Wed 21Oct | 52, good | wind from the south-east, 16 knots | 34kn | side | 0.8 mwaves |
| Thu 22Oct | 55, good | wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots | 34kn | side-on | 0.8 mwaves |
| Fri 23Oct | 51, good | wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots | 34kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves |
| Sat 24Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots | 27kn | side-on | chop |
| Sun 25Oct | 53, good | wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots | 40kn | side-on | chop |
| Mon 26Oct | 53, good | wind from the south-east, 21 knots | 43kn | side | 1.0 mwaves |
| Tue 27Oct | 48, good | wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots | 34kn | side-on | 0.8 mwaves |
| Wed 28Oct | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots | 23kn | 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 windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7
- Feb0of 7
- Mar1of 7
- Apr4of 7
- May6of 7
- Jun6of 7
- Jul7of 7
- Aug7of 7
- Sep7of 7
- Oct5of 7
- Nov4of 7
- Dec2of 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 windsurf. Change dates
- Tue 20 OctTravel out
No way there we can work out.
- Wed 21 OctWindsurf Sakalava Bay
16 kn gusting 34, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
- Thu 22 OctWindsurf Sakalava Bay
16 kn gusting 34, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
- Fri 23 OctWindsurf Madagascar Diego Suarez
16 kn gusting 20, cross-offshore. Water: chop.
- Sat 24 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 11 kn gusting 16, cross-offshore. Water: chop.
- Sun 25 OctWindsurf Madagascar Diego Suarez
18 kn gusting 24, cross-offshore. Water: chop.
- Mon 26 OctTravel home
No way there we can work out.
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