The report · Matanzas · Kite · May · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

O'Higgins, Chile

Matanzas

KiteMay

28% of May days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

May sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for May 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 records03Full stays, schools & kit04Per-launch notesno data05Reef, rips & cold water06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Ten Mays
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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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite625662592826274055726967Windsurf565056471819152747666661Wing625662592826274055726967

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, May

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: 20% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, May

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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May's own records

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

Rideable days9 of 31Ten Mays in the record
Wind, rideable hours14 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air16.9°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt1.7 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeApril59%18 rideable days in 30
Your monthMay28%9 rideable days in 31
AfterJune26%8 rideable days in 30

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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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Hotel SurazoHotel · MatanzasRooms on the beach, with a bar and restaurant. On Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.
25 Nudos LodgeKite lodge · La Vega de PupuyaCabins for up to four in front of the beach at La Vega de Pupuya, the wave spot next to Matanzas, each with a kitchen, a terrace and a hot tub.

Lessons

Blue Point Activity CenterSchool · Kite · SurfKitesurf, kite foil and surf lessons in Matanzas.
Waiwen Kite SchoolSchool · KiteIKO kite school at La Vega de Pupuya, lessons in English and Spanish. Check it is open before you travel.

Kit

Blue Point Activity CenterRental · KiteKite rental by the three hours.

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

Playa Matanzas
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this beach.

La Vega de Pupuya
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this beach.

La Boca
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this beach.

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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Reef, rips & cold water

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 an emergency at sea call 137, the maritime emergency number. It is free and works across Chile.
Reef, rocks and ripsMatanzas is an exposed reef break. Rocks and rips are the named hazards, with rocky headlands and a rocky bottom at the point. The water gets deep quickly.
Cold waterThe water is about 12 to 14°C in winter and 17 to 18°C in summer. Wear a 4/3 with boots at least.
Portuguese man o’ warOn 6 February 2026 the O’Higgins regional health authority (Seremi de Salud) prohibited bathing and all recreational activity at Playa de Matanzas, Playa Las Brisas and Playa La Boca after Portuguese man o’ war were sighted (Resolución Exenta CP N° 2880/2026). It lifted the ban on 7 February 2026 (Resolución Exenta CP N° 2984/2026). Under the Ministry of Health protocol the authority prohibits bathing when more than three are found on the same beach at once. Check for a current ban before you ride, and do not touch them on the sand.
Shared waterThe surf is shared with local and visiting surfers. Keep clear of surfers in the waves.
Reef, rocks and deep water

Matanzas is an exposed reef break, with a left-hand reef and beach break zones. Spot guides name rocks, rocky headlands and a rocky bottom at the point, and say the water gets deep quickly. Look at the break from the shore before you launch.

Rips, surfers and the bathing ban

Rips are a named hazard. The surf is shared with local and visiting surfers. On 6 February 2026 the O’Higgins regional health authority prohibited bathing and all recreational activity at Matanzas, Las Brisas and La Boca after Portuguese man o’ war were sighted, and it lifted the ban on 7 February 2026. Check for a current ban before you ride. For an emergency at sea call 137.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportSantiago (SCL)165 km by Route 78, about 2 hours 30 minutes by car.
SeasonOctober to AprilThe months the record shows the most rideable days. October is the pick.
Getting aroundCar or busBuses Paravias runs from Santiago in about 3 hours, per a spot guide. A car carries the kit.
What to pack
BeachSand and reef. Beach break and reef, rocky headlands, and deep water close in.WavesPacific swell. An exposed reef break, per spot guides. The main beach gets gusty.Water12 to 18°C. Colder in winter, per a spot guide. A 4/3 with boots at least; a 5/3 or warmer is better.LaunchPick by level. Matanzas for waves, Pupuya for kiting, La Boca for flatter water with a school.KitRent. Blue Point rents kites. Bring your own spares.
Kite sizes for May

May 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 at 9 km, cell 4.94 km from the spot, 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 a spot guide (Kite Insider). Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordA 9 km global model, the coarsest tier, nearly 5 km from the spot. No station check has shipped.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenChecked on each business’s own website or a named rider source, most recently on 27 September 2026. Price bands only where a price is published.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Hazards, reef, rips, bathing banWrittenPhysical hazards from spot guides, not surveyed. The bathing ban as reported from the health authority’s resolution. The 137 number from Directemar.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenDistance and drive from Chile’s tourist board, the bus from a spot guide. Water temperature from a spot guide, not measured. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 4.9 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 Matanzas

Crowds by month: no count exists for Matanzas yet. A water quality classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables and per-launch tide windows. A station check on a 9 km wind record. Surveyed launch coordinates. A wing launch named by any source. A measured water temperature. A licensed photograph. The health authority’s resolution read first hand.

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

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Javier Ignacio Acuña Ditzel, CC BY 2.0. 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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