Istanbul, Turkey
Aug · 48% rideableCaddebostan, Istanbul
What it's actually like
Caddebostan is a neighbourhood of Kadıköy on the Asian side of Istanbul, with a shoreline on the Sea of Marmara and a popular waterfront promenade. Gazete Kadıköy describes the Caddebostan beach behind the Irmak schools as sand, on the beach and on the seabed. Bağdat Avenue, one of the city’s major shopping and dining streets, runs through the neighbourhood.
June to August is the season, and it is a light one. In August just under half the days clear 12 knots for three daylight hours or more, and in June and July about a third. The mean over those rideable hours sits at about 13 to 14 knots. It is an afternoon wind: in August it clears 12 knots at 8am on about one day in twenty, and at 5pm on just over half. The rest of the year the share runs between one day in ten and three in ten. The record is a 7 km model with three to four years behind each month and few windy hours, so read it as a guide.
Sabiha Gökçen airport is about 30 km away by road, around half an hour, and Istanbul Airport about 61 km, just under an hour.
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When it's good
12 kt+ for 3+ daylight hours · kite
August · 48%. 15 rideable days in 31, 3.4 hours a day over 12 kt. Bring a book.
ERA5 puts the share of rideable days 11.6 points higher here, and no weather station has settled it, so treat these figures as a guide.
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Geek analysis
August in the record
48% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
In August the wind most often sits at 8 to 11 kt (28% of daylight hours) and is over 12 kt at 5pm on at least half the 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.
Take it with you
The full Caddebostan, Istanbul report
Seven sections over six pages, built from the same record as this page. A PDF you can read on the plane.
When it gets busy
Crowds
Caddebostan is a city beach on a popular waterfront promenade, and the swimming season runs from 15 June to 15 September, the same months as the wind. WindChaser has no crowd count for it yet.
On the water
What August usually does
Your playground
Launches & safety
Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.
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