The report · La Ventana · Kite · October · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

Baja California Sur, Mexico

La Ventana

KiteOctober

31% of October days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

October sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for October 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, rocks & the boat launch06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2018 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, NCEP HRRR CONUS 3 kmNormals
2018 to 2026
Eight Octobers
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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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite776762494217151817315467Windsurf70635944311261012244360Wing776762494217151817315467

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, October

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: 25% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, October

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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October's own records

The month's own figures from eight Octobers in the record, 2018 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days10 of 31Eight Octobers in the record
DirectionNo single prevailing direction
Wind, rideable hours14 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air32.0°CMaximum
Waves0.3 m3% of days run big
Hours over 12 kt1.9 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeSeptember17%5 rideable days in 30
Your monthOctober31%10 rideable days in 31
AfterNovember54%16 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

Pelican Reef VentanaCasitas · El SargentoCasas and casitas beside its own kite school.
KitemexApartments · BeachfrontOne-bedroom sea-view apartments with kitchens, and meals by a chef.
Baja Joe’sHotel · 700 m to Playa CentralBeachfront hotel at the bottom of the bay with a gear shed on the beach, a café, rooftop yoga and its own brewery. The downwind run from Playa ends on its beach.
Palapas VentanaResort · 900 m to Playa CentralFamily-run resort on the bay with kite lessons and kite liveaboard trips, and a dive base for the flat days.
Campground del Ejido de La Ventana y El Sargento$··Campsite · On the main beachThe ejido’s beachfront campground by the main beach, for tents and vans, with showers and toilets. Long-stay campers take most of the best pitches.
Ventana Bay ResortResort · El SargentoBeachfront suites, casitas, studios, bungalows and villas at the north end of the bay, with a kite school and wing foiling on site.

Lessons

Playa Central WindsportsSchool · Kite · WingKite, wing and parawing lessons in the middle of the village.
Pelican Reef VentanaSchool · Kite · WingIKO kite school for more than 15 years, with foil and wing.
KitemexSchool · Kite · WingKite and wing lessons with jet ski support.
Aqua VentanaSchool · Kite · Wing · WindsurfLessons start on the shore and move to the water, with jet ski help.
Elevation KiteboardingSchool · Kite · Wing · IKOIKO-certified, insured instructors teaching kite and wing since 2005, with watercraft-assisted lessons and women’s and kids’ camps, from a centre next to Baja Joe’s.
Kite & Wing AcademySchool · Kite · Wing · El SargentoKite, wing and eFoil school with its own clubhouse beach at the El Sargento end of the bay, with soft sand and room to rig. It also rents gear.
Strong KiteboardingSchool · Kite · WingWinter school from November to April with kite and wing lessons, rental and guidance for downwinders along the bay.

Kit

Playa Central WindsportsRental · Kite, wing and parawing rental and a gear shop.
Pelican Reef VentanaRental · Kite · FoilKite, board and foil rental by the day.
KitemexRental · Kite · WingKite and wing rental with jet ski tow and support from La Ventana Beach Resort, km 7.5 on the Cerralvo road, November to April.
Elevation KiteboardingRental · Kite · WingRental, and Duotone and ION sales, next to the Baja Joe’s gear shed: handy for a size swap at the end of the downwind run.

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
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this launch.

Rasta Beach
Low—Mid—High—

Reef close to shore at the south end. No tide data yet.

Fig Tree
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for this launch.

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, rocks & the boat launch

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.

EmergenciesIn an emergency call 911, Mexico’s single number for police, fire and medical help.
Boats at PlayaPlaya has a very active boat launch. Fishing boats have priority. Keep clear of the ramp when you launch and land.
Reef and rocksReef lies close to shore at the north end of the Kite & Wing Academy’s beach and at the south end of Rasta Beach. Foilers should take care at low tide. Big rocks lie just south of Fig Tree, and there are lots of rocks near shore at Las Palmas.
Deep water and the driftThere is no standing area. A rider who cannot relaunch drifts downwind towards the shore; beginners from Playa come out at Baja Joe’s. The schools run jet ski rescue for their students.
Wind shadowHot Springs and Las Palmas have a wind shadow near the shore, which makes launching and landing difficult. They are for advanced riders.
Reef and rocks along the beach

Reef lies close to shore at the north end of the Kite & Wing Academy’s beach and at the south end of Rasta Beach; foilers should take care there at low tide. Big rocks lie just south of Fig Tree, and there are lots of rocks near shore at Las Palmas. North Arroyo has a rocky entrance at high and low tide.

The boat launch and the drift

Playa has a very active boat launch, and fishing boats have priority. The water is deep with no standing area. A rider who cannot relaunch drifts downwind towards the shore, and beginners from Playa come out at Baja Joe’s. The schools run jet ski rescue for their students.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportLa Paz (LAP)Manuel Márquez de León International, about an hour’s drive. Los Cabos is about two and a half hours.
SeasonNovember to MarchThe months the record shows the most rideable days. January is the pick.
Getting aroundCarHire a car at the airport. The launches are spread along the beach.
What to pack
BeachSand. A wide sandy beach with a negligible shore break, and rocks and reef at some launches.WaterChop, deep. Choppy with no standing area, per a spot guide.Water temp20 to 24°C. November to March, from compiled research, not measured. A shorty or a 3/2 for the wind chill.LaunchPick by level. Playa for beginners, Rasta Beach for all levels, the north and south ends for advanced riders.KitRent. Playa Central, Pelican Reef and Kitemex rent kit.
Kite sizes for October

October has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

JFMAMJJASOND

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 gfs_hrrr at 3 km, cell 0.67 km from the spot, January 2018 to September 2026, 8 to 9 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 and the schools. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordEight to nine years a month. 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, rocks and boatsWrittenFrom the Kite & Wing Academy’s launch guide and spot guides, not surveyed. No kite rule found.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenDrive times from a spot guide. Water temperature from compiled research, not measured. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches.

The record

Hourly wind, 2018 to 2026, from NCEP HRRR CONUS via Open-Meteo: a 3 km grid, read at the cell 0.7 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 eight to nine years.

What we could not source for La Ventana

Crowds by month: no count exists for La Ventana yet. The dates of the La Ventana Classic. A water quality classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables and per-launch tide windows. A station check on the wind record. Surveyed launch coordinates. A measured water temperature. A licensed photograph. Any published kite rule for the beach.

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

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Yonatan Josue Gonzalez Hernandez, Google Maps. 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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