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The turquoise lagoon

A reef-protected turquoise lagoon with hotels planted on the sand: Paje rides the Kusi trades from June to October and the Kaskazi from December to mid-March, in water that never leaves the 25-28°C band. Jambiani, the quieter twin, is next.

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Paje

The reef-protected turquoise lagoon of Zanzibar: waist-deep sand flats at mid tide, two trade-wind seasons, kite centres all along the beach.

Seasons
2 · JUN-OCT & DEC-MAR
Wind
12–22 KTS BY SEASON
Water
25°C+
Zanzibar in motion ▶ YOUTUBE

7-day wind forecast

REFERENCE SPOT: PAJE · UPDATED DAILY
Paje Beach · Paje STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
7KTS · GUST 16
SE · 12m+
LIGHT
TUE
21.07
7KTS · GUST 15
SE · 12m+
LIGHT
WED
22.07
9KTS · GUST 20
SE · 12m+
LIGHT
THU
23.07
10KTS · GUST 21
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT
FRI
24.07
9KTS · GUST 18
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT
SAT
25.07
11KTS · GUST 23
SSE · 12m+
LIGHT
SUN
26.07
14KTS · GUST 30
SSE · 12m
OK
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
Kusi Jun-Oct 18-22 kts · Kaskazi Dec-mid Mar 12-18 ktsSIDE-ONSHORE
Water temp
25-28°C year-roundNO WETSUIT
Flight
~9-9h30 direct from Frankfurt/Paris (seasonal)
Time zone
UTC+3 · 1-2h ahead of CETNEAR-ZERO JETLAG
Entry
eVisa ~$50 + Zanzibar insurance ~$44 online
Best window
Mid-June → mid-Oct + late Dec → FebAVOID APR-MAY RAINS
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