The report · Elands Bay · Kite · September · 6 pages

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Western Cape, South Africa

Elands Bay

KiteSeptember

57% of September days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

September sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for September as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Where to stay04Per-launch notesno data05Rocks, the reef & rescue06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
27 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Ten Septembers
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite766852392534353757717471Windsurf706141291831282845606965Wing766852392534353757717471

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, September

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 11% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, September

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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September's own records

The month's own figures from ten Septembers in the record, 2017 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days17 of 30Ten Septembers in the record
Wind, rideable hours15 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air20.6°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt3.9 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeAugust37%12 rideable days in 31
Your monthSeptember57%17 rideable days in 30
AfterOctober71%22 rideable days in 31

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Where to stay

Stays

Elands Bay HotelHotel · On the squareHotel rooms, backpacker bunks and camping stands, with two bars and an à la carte restaurant, beside the parking on the square.
Elands Bay Guesthouse$$·Guest house · Self-cateringSelf-catering house for up to 14 and two annexes for four, on Kreef Road, 200 metres from the sea. Small and medium dogs welcome.

Lessons

Kit

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch notes

Village beach, Strand Street
Low—Mid—High—

The beach break improves at high tide, the rider’s report says. No tide data in the pipeline.

Beach near the port
Low—Mid—High—

The report expects the point to work better at low tide; at high tide the waves probably get steep close to the reef. No tide data in the pipeline.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Rocks, the reef & rescue

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

EmergenciesFor a sea rescue in South Africa, save 112, the national emergency number, and the NSRI Emergency Operations Centre number, 087 094 9774, on your phone before you need them.
Submerged rocks and the reefSubmerged rocks lie off the beach near the port. At the point, the only report read expects the waves to get steep very close to the reef at high tide; it had not seen the point in a big swell. Look at both from the shore before you launch.
Waves and no rescue namedThe waves can reach a couple of metres. No source read names a lifeguard or rescue cover on this beach, and no school or rental was found. Ride with others and within your limits.
Submerged rocks and the reef

Submerged rocks lie off the beach near the port, the entry for the point break. At the point, the only report read expects the waves to get steep very close to the reef at high tide, and the point to work better at low tide; its author had not seen it in a big swell. Look at both from the shore before you launch.

Waves and rescue

The waves can reach a couple of metres. No source read names a lifeguard or rescue cover on the beach, and no school or rental was found. For a sea rescue save 112 and the NSRI Emergency Operations Centre, 087 094 9774. No local rule on windsurfing was found.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportCape Town (CPT)About 226 km, around 3 hours 15 minutes by road.
SeasonOctober to FebruaryThe windiest months in the record, January the pick. An afternoon wind: the share of windy days is lowest at 8am and highest by 6pm.
Getting aroundCarOver two hours’ drive from Table View. Park on Strand Street by the hotel square.
What to pack
WaterWaves. A beach break that improves at high tide, and a point break by Baboon Point that the report expects to work better at low tide.BottomRocks by the port. Submerged rocks off the beach near the port; the point breaks over a reef.ParkingStrand Street. By the hotel square, in front of the launch beach.LaunchTwo entries. The beach in front of the parking, or near the port for the point.KitBring your own. No windsurf school or rental was found in the village.
Kite sizes for September

September has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from ECMWF IFS HRES at 9 km, cell 0.94 km from the pin in the bay, January 2017 to September 2026, 9 to 10 years a month, no station correction.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from one first-hand report (waterwind.it, February 2024), which warns the wind can be much stronger than models such as ECMWF predict. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordNine to ten years a month. Not checked against a weather station or an independent model: treat the shares as a guide.
03Where to stayWrittenThe Elands Bay Hotel and Elands Bay Guesthouse, each confirmed on its own website. The guesthouse publishes its rates; the hotel does not. No school or rental exists in any source read.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline.
05Rocks, the reef, rescueWrittenFrom one rider’s report, not surveyed. Emergency numbers from the NSRI. No local rule found.
06Airports, access, packingWrittenAirport distance by OSRM routing, the drive from Table View from the report. No water temperature source. No kite sizes derived.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No printed or surveyed position for either launch.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 0.9 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over nine to ten years.

What we could not source for Elands Bay

Crowds by month: no count exists for Elands Bay yet. Any by-law, harbour rule or protected-area rule on windsurfing. Windsurf months from a written source. A second first-hand account of the launches, and a printed position for either. A school, a rental or rescue cover. A water quality classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables. A station check on a 9 km wind record. Any water temperature. A usable licensed photograph. A webcam.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 27 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Corrie Smit, Google Maps. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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