La Rinconada

Antofagasta • Chile flag Chile
Popular Kite Spot
242 windy days
/ year
Water type
sea
Beach type
—
Crowd
—
Rider level
—
Tide dependent
—
Tidal range (low–high difference)
1.3 m
Waves
medium, big

Overview

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Wind

Heads up: this is a thermal spot: the wind comes from the land heating up during the day. Thermal wind usually doesn't show up on the forecast and in stats as they're fairly local. The windy days include our modelled thermal days that should be sufficient to kite. The average wind speeds don't include the thermal, so expect more wind than they show.
Wind strength (kt)
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Kite Jungle score
Windy days (12+ days, incl. thermal est.)*
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0000027
0000030
0000027
0000015
000009
100005
100009
100009
1000021
0000029
0000030
Dominant wind direction
wind 210º
wind 211º
wind 211º
wind 192º
wind 190º
wind 190º
wind 190º
wind 208º
wind 193º
wind 194º
wind 193º
wind 194º
Avg. wind (kt)
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
6
7
7
7
7
Avg. wind (12+ days)**
10––
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1113–
1213–
12––
11––
11––
12––
Kite season
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–
–
–
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Windy days by wind strength
Wind rose
Wind speed (kt)
Avg. gusts (12+ days)
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Weather
Weather
Air temp. (high/low)
22º 16º
23º 18º
22º 16º
20º 15º
18º 13º
17º 12º
16º 12º
17º 12º
17º 12º
18º 13º
19º 14º
21º 15º
Water temperature
21º
21º
20º
19º
18º
16º
16º
15º
16º
16º
18º
19º
Sunny days
Rainy days
Rainfall (mm)
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Waves
Flat days
Wave days (1+ m)
Wave height (m)
Swell direction & period (s)
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* Days with at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) of wind for at least 2h during daytime. Excluding thermal wind, unless the estimate is applied.

** Average wind for days that get at least 12+ kt (or other threshold) during daytime. Ie days with "no wind" are excluded. Does not include thermal boost.

Data stats by Kite Jungle are based on Open-Meteo.com and other sources More

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