Chile
5 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
Arica – Las Machas
Arica y Parinacota
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Nov–Feb
A very long beach at Chile's northernmost city, on the edge of the Atacama desert. The southerly thermal blows side- to side-onshore at a fairly light 13–18…
Matanzas O'Higgins- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Nov–Feb
Chile's most renowned kite destination on the central Pacific coast, known for consistent wind and a mix of wave riding and flat water in front of a small beach…
Pichidangui
Coquimbo
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Sep–Mar
A 3-mile sandy bay about three hours north of Santiago. The southerly, Chile's best kiting wind, blows 10–20 knots most days from September to March and is…
Pichilemu – Laguna de Cáhuil
O'Higgins
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Aug–Mar
A small lagoon by the sea 6 km south of Pichilemu, Chile's surf capital, with flat water in the lagoon and waves on the ocean. Southerly and northerly winds are…
Puclaro – Gualliguaica Coquimbo- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Jan–May
An artificial lake in the surreal desert of the Elqui valley between La Serena and Pisco Elqui, ridden from Gualliguaica on its east shore under the Tololo…
3 centers · LessonsSchools and rental
3 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
An IKO kite school at the Puclaro reservoir in the Elqui valley.
Prokite Chile Puclaro – GualliguaicaProkite teaches kite and wing in Puclaro, Matanzas and Ritoque.
WingFoilChile Puclaro – GualliguaicaA wing foil school in Chile with instructors who also teach in Switzerland and Italy, using North and RRD gear at Puclaro.