Hi,
I'am going the first 2 weeks of june to the place Belek in Turkey.
This place is nearby Antalya.
Now I want to know if kitesurfing is allowed?
And if there are good wind conditions?
I have called to hotel but they don't know what kitesurfing is.
I hope one of you can help me.
Thanks in advantage.
Regards,
Mario
Netherlands
Kitesurfing in Turkey / Belek allowed and wind conditions?
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Ciao Mario,
Been to Belek many times. Hope that you are going alone....!!!!!
Belek is a long long sand stretch with resorts next to each other. sometimes you get quite good enough space to launch safely.Kite surfing is not known there so you'll be an attraction. Water is choppy. No much waves. You have in each resort a small windsurfing shack.
I didn't go there kiting in any of my trips but I was watching the wind closely last trip. there was 10-15 knots almost every afternoon for few hours. Wind direction is usually cross-on shore. Sometimes the early mornings were good also. I guess you should take a big kite and a medium size kite as 16-18 and 12-10.
Enjoy it.
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Been to Belek many times. Hope that you are going alone....!!!!!
Belek is a long long sand stretch with resorts next to each other. sometimes you get quite good enough space to launch safely.Kite surfing is not known there so you'll be an attraction. Water is choppy. No much waves. You have in each resort a small windsurfing shack.
I didn't go there kiting in any of my trips but I was watching the wind closely last trip. there was 10-15 knots almost every afternoon for few hours. Wind direction is usually cross-on shore. Sometimes the early mornings were good also. I guess you should take a big kite and a medium size kite as 16-18 and 12-10.
Enjoy it.
Mo
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Thanks Mo. 
You just convince me to take my kite stuff with me.
Regards,
Mario
You just convince me to take my kite stuff with me.
Regards,
Mario
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Re: Kitesurfing in Turkey / Belek allowed and wind conditions?
I'm a local there. Don't expect any wind if at all. (Don't get hopes up if you see any wind on windguru etc) If you are an expert foiler, who can build up own apparent wind, maybe you can survive.
At best in the afternoon you may get thermals up to 10 knots but very gusty. (Expect your kite to keep falling from sky every 5 mins) (even Flite)
(Add swimming lines, tourists, it's very hard to even body drag out of that and you'll also have waves pushing you back to shore.)
TL:Dr not worth taking your kite up there, but if you really want to kite, you can go up to Akyaka https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Belek,+ ... 055701!3e0
If you were going there closer to Fall in October etc, you may get 1-2 days wind, but in the middle of Summer, it's a dead zone.
Due to Taurus mountains (lining west-to-east), south shores of Turkey are no-wind zone, but west shores (Bodrum, Izmir) are super windy.
At best in the afternoon you may get thermals up to 10 knots but very gusty. (Expect your kite to keep falling from sky every 5 mins) (even Flite)
(Add swimming lines, tourists, it's very hard to even body drag out of that and you'll also have waves pushing you back to shore.)
TL:Dr not worth taking your kite up there, but if you really want to kite, you can go up to Akyaka https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Belek,+ ... 055701!3e0
If you were going there closer to Fall in October etc, you may get 1-2 days wind, but in the middle of Summer, it's a dead zone.
Due to Taurus mountains (lining west-to-east), south shores of Turkey are no-wind zone, but west shores (Bodrum, Izmir) are super windy.