France

Kitesurfing in La Palme

Name: La Palme
Address: FR

3 kite spots and kite centres are mapped around La Palme (France) in OpenStreetMap. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (PGF), 27 km in a straight line.

Show on the map42.9582, 3.0247

Windiest months: November-March
Prevailing wind: NWfrom north-west, 321°
Windiest month: 12.4knots on average (6.4 m/s), February
Nearest airport: PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, 27 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: November-March. The prevailing wind blows from the north-west (321°).

12.2Jan6.3

12.4Feb6.4

11.5Mar5.9

10.9Apr5.6

10.7May5.5

9.4Jun4.8

9.7Jul5.0

9.3Aug4.8

9.6Sep4.9

10.6Oct5.5

12.0Nov6.2

11.6Dec6.0

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

Values by month

January	12.2 knots · 6.3 m/s
February	12.4 knots · 6.4 m/s
March	11.5 knots · 5.9 m/s
April	10.9 knots · 5.6 m/s
May	10.7 knots · 5.5 m/s
June	9.4 knots · 4.8 m/s
July	9.7 knots · 5.0 m/s
August	9.3 knots · 4.8 m/s
September	9.6 knots · 4.9 m/s
October	10.6 knots · 5.5 m/s
November	12.0 knots · 6.2 m/s
December	11.6 knots · 6.0 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.

From riders

What you need to know

Riders' reports in public kite groups on Facebook: .

Conditions

Shallow-water spot.Facebook group Let's Kite - Kitesurf / Snowkite en Suisse Romande 2025

In riders' own words

„avec un niveau débutant autonome histoire d etre dans la même dynamique). Pour l instant j n ai connu que des spots en eau peu profonde“
„des spots en eau peu profonde (etang de Thau, baie de Bonne Anse et la semaine dernière l etang de la Palme)“

Spots and schools

Mapped in OpenStreetMap

Kitepulsion
École Française de Kitesurf labellisée FFVL
Kite spotWebsite OSM
Kitesurf Spot La Palme
Kite spotOSM
École de Kitesurf Windykite
Kite centre or schoolWebsiteOpening hours: 24/7OSM

Getting there

Nearest airports

PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes27 km in a straight line
BZRBéziers Vias airport, Béziers49 km in a straight line

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