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Ilot Maître
Overview:
New Caledonia is an island about 400km long and 50km wide, completely surrounded by a barrier reef. It has hundreds of remote sandy coral islands scattered in the lagoon with spectacular underwater life. The wind blows regularly making New Caledonia an ideal site for kitesurfing. You can find the perfect shallow reef flats to learn, improve your style or go freestyle. You will be able to play in the waves formed in the channels in the barrier reef. The diversity of the sites in New Caledonia makes this one of the best place in the world to kitesurf, either for beginners or experts.
Ilot Maitre is a small ecological reserve about 6 kilometers west of Noumea. This site is ideal for beginners: it has a large shallow and really flat backreef, about a mile long and half a mile wide. You can kitesurf in a shallow area with very regular wind. The beach has fine grain white sand with many grassy spots where to set up.
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with the kite school boat
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only a school zone for launching and on the water, it's well explained on a pannel on the beach
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• Wind: really constant and regular wind most of the time of the year. The best season between november to march. Usually starts with a southerly at around 12-16 knots for the first day, two days or more of SE at 16-22 knots, then easterly for a day or two at 20-30 knots. During trade windsi, the wind is very consistent and blows about 18-25 knots.
• Tide: It's really important to check the tides before to come.
• Weather: tropical climate. Air temperature between 20 to 35 °C and water temperature between 19 to 30 °C almost all year long. Eventualy bring a wetsuit during winter, but you'll ride in shorties and rash the rest of the time.
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45-70% >= 4 bf
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70% >= 4 bf
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