Aruba

Kitesurfing in Alto Vista

Name: Alto Vista
Address: AW

1 kite spot or kite centre is mapped around Alto Vista (Aruba) in OpenStreetMap. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA), 10 km in a straight line.

Show on the map12.5858, -70.0459

Windiest months: January-July
Prevailing wind: Efrom east, 85°
Windiest month: 18.4knots on average (9.5 m/s), June
Nearest airport: AUAQueen Beatrix International Airport, 10 km

Forecast and webcams

Before you go

Forecasts often disagree. When Windguru, ALADIN and Windy agree, it is worth going.

Tips for this spot

Offshore wind carries you away from land. Do not ride it without a rescue boat.
When a storm is coming, get out of the water and land the kite at once. Gusts before a storm are violent and a kite overhead is the highest point around.
New spot: ask locals about shallows, currents and where people launch.

Wind across the year

When it blows here

Windier months: January-July. The prevailing wind blows from the east (85°).

17.2Jan8.8

17.9Feb9.2

17.6Mar9.1

17.0Apr8.7

17.3May8.9

18.4Jun9.5

17.4Jul9.0

16.3Aug8.4

14.3Sep7.4

13.1Oct6.7

13.9Nov7.2

16.4Dec8.4

windiest monthsaverage wind in knots, NASA POWER; below the month in m/s

Values by month

January	17.2 knots · 8.8 m/s
February	17.9 knots · 9.2 m/s
March	17.6 knots · 9.1 m/s
April	17.0 knots · 8.7 m/s
May	17.3 knots · 8.9 m/s
June	18.4 knots · 9.5 m/s
July	17.4 knots · 9.0 m/s
August	16.3 knots · 8.4 m/s
September	14.3 knots · 7.4 m/s
October	13.1 knots · 6.7 m/s
November	13.9 knots · 7.2 m/s
December	16.4 knots · 8.4 m/s

Monthly mean wind at 10 m from the NASA POWER model (MERRA-2, grid of about 50 km, 2001-2025 climatology), converted to knots and m/s. It shows the pattern across the year, not the wind on the beach: local thermal wind is often stronger.

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