DLM · DALAMAN AIRPORT · AKÇAPINAR ~70 KM · ~1H
GökovaTHERMAL FROM NOON
A 3 km kite beach at Akçapınar, at the head of the mountain-framed Gökova gulf: the thermal fills in around noon almost every day of the season, the sandy bottom stays shallow for ~150 m, and half a dozen schools line the sand — the Kite Beach Otel sleeps you three minutes away. Note: the kite beach is at Akçapınar, ~1.5 km along the sand from Akyaka village.
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Kite Beach Otel
The kitesurf boutique of Akçapınar: riverside rooms three minutes on foot from the thermal, restaurant and beach bar, lessons arranged in-house.
Room → Launch
~3 MIN ON FOOT
Style
BOUTIQUE
Kite-run
YES
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Gökova in motion ▶ YOUTUBE
7-day wind forecast
SPOT: AKÇAPINAR BEACH · UPDATED DAILY
Akçapınar Beach · Gökova STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
7KTS · GUST 19
WSW · 12m+
LIGHT TUE
21.07
9KTS · GUST 20
NW · 12m+
LIGHT WED
22.07
9KTS · GUST 21
WSW · 12m+
LIGHT THU
23.07
10KTS · GUST 25
WSW · 12m+
LIGHT FRI
24.07
13KTS · GUST 30
WSW · 12m
OK SAT
25.07
11KTS · GUST 26
NW · 12m+
LIGHT SUN
26.07
10KTS · GUST 25
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.
The Kitesurf Camp verdict The most predictable session in this directory: mornings for the family, wind at noon like an appointment, flat shallow water that forgives everything. Gökova is the spot you plan a first kite holiday around. Weekly forecast apps miss the thermal — trust the pattern, not the app.
Spot spec sheet
CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT · REV 07.20
Wind · Season avg
14-20 kts thermal, May → OctoberSTARTS ~NOON · ENDS ~19:00
Reliability
Near-daily thermal, rarely gustyINVISIBLE ON FORECASTS
Water
Flat, sandy, shallow for ~150 mNO WAVES · NO TIDE
Water temp
~24-27°C in season
Best window
May-June & September-OctoberJUL-AUG 32°C+
Level
First tack → freestyle flats
Beach setup
School-managed side (fee + IKO card) and free side
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