Akyaka is a town on Gökova Bay in Muğla, on Turkey’s south Aegean coast, beside the Azmak river. The kite beach is Akçapınar, a long sandy beach with a shallow launching area and flat water in front of it. Gökova Kitesurf Centre describes the wind as on-shore from the west, and its windiest months as May to September.
WindChaser’s wind record does not see the Akyaka wind. The 7 km model behind it shows fewer than four days in a hundred over 12 knots in any month, which does not match the thermal the beach is known for. Until a station check exists, this page quotes no wind strength and its figures should not be read as the bay’s. OceanSoul describes a thermal that builds every morning and holds until sunset, and Kiteguide places it around midday and into the afternoon.
2% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
In August the wind most often sits at 4 to 7 kt (50% of daylight hours). No daylight hour is over 12 kt on at least half the days. The best hours are 2pm to 6pm, each on 2% of days. See both charts in the full report
No weather station near enough to check these figures against.
August on the record
The month's own figures, not the year's average.
Rideable days1 of 31Four Augusts in the record
Air34.0°CMaximum
Waves0.2 m0% of days run big
Take it with you
The full Akyaka report
Seven sections over six pages, built from the same record as this page. A PDF you can read on the plane.
01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04The kite beach and its schools05Shallows & getting help06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
WindChaser spot reportAkyakaMuğla, Turkey · August2% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
When it gets busy
Crowds
Jul · High
Busiest from May to September, when the wind season and the summer holidays overlap. OceanSoul points to September and October for fewer crowds. Compiled research, not a count.
On the water
What August usually does
Wind directionW, onshoreOn-shore from the west, as Gökova Kitesurf Centre describes it.
Wind strengthNot measuredThe record’s 7 km model does not resolve the Akyaka thermal, so no strength is quoted.
When it blowsMidday onA thermal that builds through the morning and holds until sunset, May to September, per the schools.
Your playground
Launches & safety
Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.
Launch
Hazard
Parking
School
Stay
Webcam
Local intel
Getting there & on the ground
Nearest airportDalaman (DLM)Then by road. Travel time not checked against a route planner.
On the groundMay to SeptemberThe windiest months as the schools describe them. The record does not show the thermal.
Getting aroundCar or transferThe schools give their address as Akçapınar Kite Beach, Gökova.
