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Nyali Beach
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Nyali Beach has a large area of flat water enclosed by a reef 2kms offshore which offers some epic wave-riding. Although tidal it works on all states of the tide unlike a number of other beaches in the Mombasa area.
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Flying to Mombasa is generally via Nairobi although there are some scheduled and charter flights to fly directly. Once at the airport it's a quick 20 minute transfer to Nyali Beach.
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The beach is large, wide and generally uncrowded, except on Sundays when it can get quite busy. The beach is white sand, don't forget your sunglasses.
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Weather in Kenya is divided into the South-East and North-East monsoons which give sideshore winds from either the right or left at different times of the year. North-East Monsoon gives anywhere between 8m and 12m weather most days from December to April. South-East Monsoon howls from June to September and can blow upwards of 30 knots+. Due to the prevailing sideshore conditions this is a great place to learn and improve. Sideshore NNE and SSW.
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45-70% >= 4 bf
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70% >= 4 bf
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There's some great bars, restaurants and night clubs in Mombasa and the place goes off.
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