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TurkeyTHERMAL LIKE CLOCKWORK

The dependable thermal

Turkey's kite ace is Gökova: a mountain-framed gulf where a thermal wind switches on around noon nearly every day from May to October, over shallow, sandy, flat water. Alaçatı's Meltemi and the island of Gökçeada extend the map.

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Alaçatı

The flat, shallow thermal bay of the Çeşme peninsula: hotels on the windsurf sand, a designated kite zone across the bay, Pırlanta's kite beach nearby.

Wind
16–25 KTS · THERMAL
Season
MAY-SEP
Water
FLAT · SHALLOW 200 M
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Gökova

The clockwork thermal of the Gökova gulf: wind at noon nearly every day May-October, flat sandy shallows for 150 m, schools lined on the beach.

Thermal
DAILY · MAY-OCT
Wind avg
14–20 KTS
Level
ALL
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7-day wind forecast

REFERENCE SPOT: ALAÇATI · UPDATED DAILY
Alaçatı Bay (Çark Beach) · Alaçatı STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
12KTS · GUST 19
N · 12m
OK
TUE
21.07
11KTS · GUST 18
N · 12m+
LIGHT
WED
22.07
7KTS · GUST 11
SW · 12m+
LIGHT
THU
23.07
15KTS · GUST 26
NNW · 12m
OK
FRI
24.07
11KTS · GUST 21
NNW · 12m+
LIGHT
SAT
25.07
17KTS · GUST 30
N · 10m
GO
SUN
26.07
11KTS · GUST 19
N · 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.

Country spec sheet

CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
Daily thermal 14-20 kts, May → OctoberSTARTS ~NOON, RARELY GUSTY
Water temp
~24-27°C in seasonPEAK AUG 27°C
Flight
~4h direct from London to Dalaman, then ~1h
Time zone
UTC+3 · 1-2h ahead of CETNEAR-ZERO JETLAG
Entry
Most EU passports visa-free, 90 days
Best window
May-June & September-OctoberJUL-AUG HOT 32°C+
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