Data & methodology

Wind and water climatology

Every spot's month-by-month table comes from the free Open-Meteo APIs. We take three years of daily maximum wind and mean air temperature from the historical weather archive, and one year of hourly sea-surface temperature from the marine API (air temperature minus 2 °C when no marine data exists). Coordinates are rounded to a 0.25° grid, so neighbouring spots share one series.

• Windy days are days whose maximum wind implies roughly 12 kt+ sustained (daily max × 0.75). The monthly percentage is the share of such days.
• Best months are the months where at least 60% of days are windy. When no month gets there, we show the three windiest months and say so.
• These are model-based climate averages, not live observations. Local thermals and venturi effects can make a spot windier than the grid suggests. Check a forecast before you travel.

Conditions score

The score out of 10 on spot pages is calculated, not voted. Wind reliability and wind strength come from the in-season climatology above. Water conditions combine sea temperature with the spot's water type (flat, chop, waves). Launch zone and spot access come from the listing's amenities and travel notes. Every sub-score is clamped between 6.0 and 9.5, and the overall score is their average.

Listings

Spots, schools and shops are compiled from public kite-travel sources and Google Places (addresses, opening hours, contact details, ratings), then rewritten and organised into destinations and countries. Star ratings on school and shop pages are Google ratings with their review counts. Listings are not paid placements. Request a correction or a new spot.

Open data for apps and AI assistants

• /data/directory.json — the whole directory as JSON, including the monthly tables.
• /llms-full.txt — a plain-text summary of every spot, grouped by country.
• Add .md to any spot, school, shop, destination or country URL to get a Markdown version (for example /spots/tarifa.md).

The data is licensed under CC BY 4.0: you can reuse it, including commercially, as long as you credit Kitesurf Spots and link to the spot or destination page.