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Karpathos Windsurf Centre, Karpathos
Karpathos is a paradise for wind addicts: Chicken Bay for beginners and Gun Bay for intermediates and experts. Gun Bay is a true high-wind spot where you can let off steam and forget the rest of the world. The flat water near the shore is perfect for practising jibes and the spit off the coast guarantees your safety. Those who are looking for a real challenge can surf out of Gun Bay to Paradise Bay - a bay which definitely deserves its name. Here the wind is about 1-2 Beaufort stronger and the perfectly flat water delivers superb blasting conditions. Due to an 80-metre wide shallow water area, Chicken Bay offers ideal conditions for beginners, intermediates and freestylers. The wind comes from the north-east and blows cross offshore from the left. The high wind in Gun Bay creates a 1-metre wave after 300 meters which is suitable for both jumping novices and experts. In Chicken Bay the wind also blows cross offshore but with 1-2 Beaufort less force.
FOR FREERIDER, BUMP & JUMP, HARNESS AND FOOTSTRAPS - WINDSURF SPOT CHICKEN BAY & MAIN CENTER
- Chicken Bay: shallow and flat water, ideal for learning to use footstraps and harness.
- Main Center: cross-offshore from left, waterstart, footstraps required, flat water in front of the centre, after about 500 meters up to 1 metre chop, ideal for jumping.
- Possibility to surf to Paradise Bay (flat water, stronger wind than at main centre).
- Or to Chicken Bay (flat, shallow water, lighter wind).
- Possibility to move between main centre and Chicken Bay centre at any time.
FREESTYLE, OLD & NEW SCHOOL TRICKS - WINDSURF SPOT CHICKEN BAY & MAIN CENTER
- Ideal at both spots.
- Chicken Bay: flat, shallow water, sandy beach, wind cross offshore from left, less windy than main centre.
- Main Center: flat water in front of the centre and in Paradise Bay (stronger wind), chop up to 1 - 500 meters from the shore.
WAVE NOVICES, WATERSTART, JIBE & TACK - WINDSURF SPOT MAIN CENTER
- No shorebreak, chop up to 1 meter in strong wind about 500 meters from the shore, good for jumping, no wave riding.
WAVE EXPERTS, WATERSTART, JIBE & TACK, JUMPS, WAVE-RIDING - WINDSURF SPOT MAIN CENTER
- No shorebreak, chop up to 1 metre in strong wind about 500 meters from the shore, good for jumping, no wave riding.
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Please note: 10-15% supplement can apply in high season period.
