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A car-free island off the north tip of the Yucatán, where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean. The water is flat, shallow and sandy with no waves, an ideal place to learn; the north-easterly blows side-onshore from December to summer, and winter northers bring up to 30 knots every couple of weeks. A permit from a kite school or the town hall is needed; ride in the zones north and east of the Las Nubes hotel, or go on a trip to empty Cabo Catoche.
Source: se.kiteforum.com · checked 2026-09-25
Climate
Monthly averages in °C, 2016–2025: air as the daily high and low, water as the sea surface. The spot's best months are highlighted.
| Series | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air max. | 27° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 28° |
| Air min. | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Water | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° |
- Air: ERA5 / ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026
- Water: NOAA OISST v2.1, provided by NOAA PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA (Public domain). Sea surface temperature of the nearest 25 km grid cell with open water, 11 km from the spot