Continent
Africa
Country
Madagascar
Next Big City
Diego Suarez
Next Town
Ramena
 
Type:
Ocean, Island, Lagoon
Rider Ability:
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert
Features:
Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

Water

Type:
Shallow, Flat, Small wave, Medium wave, Big wave
Hazards:
Reefs
Quality:
Crystal clear
Best Tide:
Low tide, Coming tide, Falling tide

The Sakalava Bay is a beautiful large shallowed bay with really clear water at high tide. It looks like a big Polynesian lagoon with a reef located at about 800 meters from the beach with some good waves breaking on it (1 to 2 meters high). The reef can be reached easily because of the sideshore wind conditions.

Beach

Type:
Sand
Size:
Medium
Hazards:
None
Beach Users:
No information

The Sakalava Bay is a large and rounded sandy beach, so there is sand everywhere to launch or relaunch the kite if ever you were going anywhere downwind on that bay.

Weather

Spring:
Shorts
Summer:
Shorts
Fall:
Shorts, Shorty
Winter:
Shorts, Shorty

The weather is warm all the year. The water is around 25/27°C and the air is between 30-40°C over the year. Avoid the hurricane period during February/March.

Wind

Best Months:
April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Wind Type:
Thermal, Trade
Best Direction:
NE, SSE
Main Direction:
NE, SSE, S

The best season for the wind is beetween July and December. At that time the Northeast winds can be really strong (like 30/40 knots), it's dropping in December, and leaving place some Southeast light winds blowing the rest of the year.



How to get there

Transport
Car
Access
Short walk

From main European capitals, take a flight to Antananarivo in Madagascar. From Antananarivo take another flight to Diego Suarez. From Diego airport take a taxi to the village of Ramena, it's the nearest small village from Sakalava Bay (15 minutes driving), or ask directly for Sakalava Bay. There are some nice bungalows and a windsurf center with a restaurant right on the beach.

Extra information

Rules
Other, None

Nightlife

At night time, there is an insane disco with wonderful girls called 'Le Nouvel Hotel' at Diego Suarez. The Taxi Be is also a good idea to start the evening.