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Ride Cabarete, keep it shared

A Caribbean bay where the trade wind fills in most afternoons and a whole town grew up around the kite beach.

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Everything you need to know about Cabarete

Live conditions

Why riders love it

What brings people here, from the people who manage it and the people who ride it.

The wind blows ENE to ESE, side-on to the beach: about 15–25 knots from January to May, 20–30 knots from June to August, and 10–20 knots from September to December.
Trade winds combine with thermal lift from the Caribbean heat, giving consistent wind from around 11am to 6pm in high season.
Kite Beach has a sandy, forgiving bottom and shallow inside water, with a wave-riding section further out.

Sources: Kitesurf The World; Kiterr; KEWL Mermaid

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Access and rules

Local governments and environmental agencies set the terms. The chapter works with them, not around them.

Kite Beach is small and shared with other people, so the main rule is that nobody flies a kite without certified training.
Within 50 metres of the shore, riders slow down, keep the kite neutral and make no uncontrolled moves; a rider entering the water has right of way.
There is no official rescue service. The school boat handles small rescues in small conditions but cannot cross the reef when it is strong, so riders stay off the reef in big wind and waves.

Sources: Kiteforum; Kitenation

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Ecology and habitat

Protected lagoons, wetlands and the species that depend on them. Stewardship days keep launches clean inside the protected zones.

Runs stewardship days, so the people who manage the beach see riders as an asset.

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Good to know

Location, facilities and history.

Cabarete is on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, in Puerto Plata province, about 20 minutes by taxi from Puerto Plata.
Kite Beach is the main launch; La Boca, at the river mouth, is the other spot riders talk about.
June to August is the most consistent season; December to April is a lighter, steadier second season that suits learners.
September and October are the weakest months of the year.

Sources: Cabarete Condos; KiteDR; Kitenation; Kitesurf The World

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Schools that teach on this water

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June to August the trades blow 20–30 knots side-on to the beach.

Source: Kitesurf The World

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Cabarete

September to December the wind eases to 10–20 knots.

Source: Kitesurf The World

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Cabarete

Kite Beach is small and shared, and there is no official rescue service.

Source: Kiteforum

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Why Cabarete needs a chapter

Caribbean and Central America

Cabarete sits on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, where the Atlantic trade winds meet the island's afternoon heat. From late morning to early evening the wind fills in side-on across a reef-sheltered bay.

20–30 knotsJune to August, side-on trades

10–20 knotsSeptember to December

11am–6pmwhen trades and thermal line up

Source: Kitesurf The World; Kiterr

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Caribbean and Central America

It is also a beach that runs on trust. Kite Beach is small and shared, there is no official rescue service, and the rules that keep it working are held by the schools and riders themselves.

1 small beachshared by kiters and everyone else

50 minside this line, slow down and keep the kite neutral

0official rescue services

Source: Kiteforum; Kitenation

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Caribbean and Central America

A chapter gives that trust a backbone: one group the town and the schools can call, training that keeps the inside water safe, and riders who look out for each other past the reef.

130+riders call this home

3local schools teach on this water

1 voicea group the town and schools can call

Cabarete chapter, World Wind Sports

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The riders, schools and crew of Cabarete

Riders from Cabarete, Sosua, Sosúa and the schools that teach them.

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Joselito Del RosarioInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Lina GolovinaInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Tiffany TestikoInstructor Level 2, Cabarete

Stefan GrafInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Marie DedisseInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Jhonny DariusInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Claude HussenetLevel 3J, Cabarete

Iko OkiLevel 4O, Cabarete

Matt McCormickLevel 3L, Cabarete

Victoria BramtotLevel 4V, Sosua

Diego NazarLevel 1D, Cabarete

Stuart noakesLevel 3J, Sosua

Adriana BadiaLevel 2F, Cabarete

Andrey ProkhorovLevel 4P, Sosúa

Frederic Bene Frederic BeneLevel 2F, Cabarete

Regina SartorisioLevel 1B, Cabarete

Felipe ZuluagaCertified rider, CabareteSSandyAssistant, CabareteNNadine HuenickeLevel 3N, SosuaFFred testInstructor Level 1, CabareteSSamantha SafferyLevel 4Y, cabareteCChristine LowLevel 3J, CABARETEPPablo di vincenzoLevel 3N, SosuaHHiro SuzukiLevel 3J, CabareteJJeremy VerhoestLevel 3J, SosuaCCamila DowlingLevel 2I, CabareteAApostolie BoundikasLevel 3K, SosuaTTaif van der HaarLevel 2I, CabareteMMathilde KhalefLevel 2H, CabareteSSummer HaslettLevel 2H, CabareteRRaydi HilarioCertified rider, Sosua

Joselito Del RosarioInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Lina GolovinaInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Tiffany TestikoInstructor Level 2, Cabarete

Stefan GrafInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Marie DedisseInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Jhonny DariusInstructor Level 1, Cabarete

Claude HussenetLevel 3J, Cabarete

Iko OkiLevel 4O, Cabarete

Matt McCormickLevel 3L, Cabarete

Victoria BramtotLevel 4V, Sosua

Diego NazarLevel 1D, Cabarete

Stuart noakesLevel 3J, Sosua

Adriana BadiaLevel 2F, Cabarete

Andrey ProkhorovLevel 4P, Sosúa

Frederic Bene Frederic BeneLevel 2F, Cabarete

Regina SartorisioLevel 1B, Cabarete

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