Where to kite when on Gokceada island in Turkey? The spots for kiting are quite varied in the area, so every rider can find his happiness there:
The Gokceada island on-shore wind bay
- The “wave” spot is the beach with the on-shore wind. Where on the high forecast you get some exceptional waves for riding strapless. This is also the safe-spot. On a bay more than 2km long, you have a center with large and higher waves and less wavy on the side where the less advanced can also practice. So it gets a little crowded if you are not able to go upwind. Yet if you kite 20-30m from the shore, you are behind the waves and also behind the mass of kite surfers.
- The “wind-surfers” spot is the beach with the off-shore wind. There you can ride on a perfect flat. There is a boat you can hire for rescue and enjoy a beach with fewer kiters. It is also a more touristic and popular beach so the kite surfers have a 200m corridor only available for riding. They share the space with most wind-surfers and also tourists on vacation sunbathing.
- To get an absolute private session on an empty beach – no civilians swimming or sunbathing but also no safety boat, there are “secret-spots” for kiting on some side-on-shore wind. Yet visiting those beaches is recommended only to experienced and independent or advanced riders.
Gokceada iskand “Secret Spot” Beach
- To distract yourself, there is also an annual race organized by the local Turkish kite-school. On that event, a race between kiters sends them to compete starting from the on-shore beach circling the island to reach the off-shore beach. Then returning on foot through the island by the dunes.
For 3 months each year, we live on an Island, we open a kite camp, we enjoy nature, we kite… The good life! The ProRider kiteboarding school location in summer is at Gokceada in Turkey. This is our story about the best kite-spot in Est Europe…
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Where to kite when in Gokceada?
The choice is wide: from perfect flat – choppy – waves… Beach with on-shore wind & beach with off-shore wind, secret spots … All levels and all styles combined: it is a perfect spot!
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What kite-equipment to prepare?
Any kite-shops in the area? What to bring for the kite-vacation? How to prepare the trip to Turkey for kite and discovery?
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What else do you need to know about the area?
How is the transport around and access to the kite-spot, food, drinks once you are there? What to do if not kiting? The night-life… You are planing a vacation after all!
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Are you curious about life in Turkey?
Do you consider visiting the west-cost? What you need to plan your trip:
visa, passport, flights, cash, transport, accommodation, drone-regulation, weather,…
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As we mentioned in the beginning – the Gokceada island kite-spot is perfect because it offers choices for all the tastes – levels of advancement and types of riding.
The island offers pure freedom for all kitesurfers!
The Gokceada isaland on-shore wind bay