Continent |
Africa |
Country |
Libya |
Next Big City |
Zuara |
Next Town |
Ra\'s Ajdir |
Type: |
Ocean, Lagoon |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Camping, School, Rental, Rescue, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Small wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Its the best place for beginners and intermediate kiters, who would like to learn new tricks, because its a nature lagoon in between the island and the mean land and its shallow water.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Concrete, Road, Cars, Power lines |
Beach Users: |
No information |
No hazards on the island side.
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Spring:
|
Shorts, Shorty |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
|
Shorts, Shorty |
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Winter:
|
Normal |
Air temperature is around 25-30°C in summer. In winter as low as 10°C and if you catch a sunny day as high as the 20's°C. Water warm enough to wear shorts in summer (use sun protection). Wetsuit (2/3mm) for the winter. Most probably you can kite all year round.
Best Months: |
January, February, March, November, December |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
WNW |
Main Direction: |
WNW |
Best time in winter and fall because most of the time the wind is coming from WNW.
Transport |
Car, Boat |
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Access
|
Short walk |
It is located at the west side of Tripoli, about 100km from Tripoli about 1:30 hour away. Better during weekends and vacations. You have two options, you can do kitting from the main land, or you can rent a boat to drop you to the island, which costs 15 Euro both ways.
Rules |
None |
The island is a nice place for camping, if you got two days wind, you can stay there for the night. Or you can stay in the hotel, there is small hotel in the main land and its cheap.