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Barcadera → Surfside downwind route

Aruba, Aruba · 12.4877, -70.0263

SUP Foiling Community route — access and harbour-tra
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conditions & access

Water

Caribbean coastal ocean / harbour-adjacent downwind

Experience

Community route — access and harbour-traffic check

Hazards

Short route is adjacent to Barcadera harbour and the public gates are not shoreline entries. Confirm port traffic/restricted water, foil-safe access, reef clearance and a landing/shuttle plan.

“The Aruba leaderboard records five SUP-foil uploads on this named 3.8 km course. Pin is the midpoint of the public course start/finish gates; exact shore access and harbour traffic require local confirmation. Requested-field batch 03 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Downwind leaderboard — uploaded SUP-foil route; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Aruba Airport (1.22 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Aruba Airport (1.22 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/1296 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Barcadera → Surfside downwind route Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%4012.48770%2C-70.02626%2 surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Barcadera → Surfside downwind route Exact public Barcadera–Surfside SUP-foil course record; five uploads, gates are not entries — https://race.downwind.app/run/barcadera_surfside race.downwind.app

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