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Kotu Beach

Kanifing, Gambia · 13.4600, -16.7100

Wing Foiling Intermediate per directory
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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Best wind

Harmattan in dry season; SW monsoon in rainy season

Season

Dry-season Harmattan or rainy-season southwest monsoon; source gives no exact months

Water

Tidal Atlantic beach / ocean

Experience

Intermediate per directory

Hazards

West-facing tidal Atlantic beach; current water entry and beach conditions are not documented by the public guide.

“The directory explicitly tags Kotu Beach for wingfoil and publishes 13.46, -16.71. It describes a west-facing tidal Atlantic beach, intermediate level, Harmattan winds in the dry season and southwest monsoon wind in the rainy season. The rounded source coordinate is preserved exactly; inspect the current water entry and beach conditions locally. Requested-field batch verified 2026-08-01: exact-versus-nearby resource labels retained; unknown fields were not inferred.”

— via Let's Kite foil spot directory, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Yundum (8.29 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Yundum (8.29 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/16447 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Kotu Beach Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%4013.46000%2C-16.71000%2 surfline.com

Local guides

lets-kite.com Kotu Beach Exact named-spot regional guide; rounded guide coordinate — https://lets-kite.com/en/spots/1335/edit lets-kite.com

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