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 |
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.
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.
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Spring:
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Shorts |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
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Shorts, Shorty |
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Winter:
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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.
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.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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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.
Rules |
Other, None |
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.
