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MBA / UKA · DIANI, SOUTH COAST · GALU BEACH
Kitesurfing in
KenyaTWO TRADE SEASONS
Kite in the morning, safari after
Kenya's kitesurfing scene lives on one long white beach: Galu, the quiet southern end of Diani, where a reef holds back the Indian Ocean and low tide opens a shallow flat playground the length of the shore. IKO schools work directly on the hotel sand, two trade-wind seasons frame the year, and this is the only destination in the directory where a no-wind day legitimately means a safari.
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7-day wind forecast for Diani
REFERENCE SPOT: DIANI · UPDATED DAILY
Galu Beach · Diani STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 03.09
TODAY
03.09
9KTS · GUST 22
S · 12m+
LIGHT FRI
04.09
8KTS · GUST 20
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT SAT
05.09
9KTS · GUST 20
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT SUN
06.09
9KTS · GUST 21
S · 12m+
LIGHT MON
07.09
9KTS · GUST 24
S · 12m+
LIGHT TUE
08.09
10KTS · GUST 23
S · 12m+
LIGHT WED
09.09
11KTS · GUST 26
S · 12m+
LIGHT GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
Kenya kitesurf spec sheet
CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
Kaskazi mid-Dec → mid-Mar 15-22 kts · Kusi mid-Jun → mid-Sep 18-25 ktsSIDE-ONSHORE
Water
Reef-protected lagoon, shallow flats at low tideREEF SHOES ADVISED
Daily pattern
Kaskazi builds ~11:00, peaks 13:00-17:00
Access
Fly Mombasa (MBA) or Ukunda (UKA) airstrip
Kids
Lessons from ~age 10, gentle slope, uncrowded
Time zone
UTC+3 · 1-2h ahead of CETNEAR-ZERO JETLAG
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