The report · Nouméa, Anse Vata · Kite · March · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

South Province, New Caledonia

Nouméa, Anse Vata

KiteMarch

81% of March days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windp202The month's own recordsp303Full stays, schools & kitp404Per-launch tide notesp405Sharks, closures & the crossingp506Getting there, packing & best monthsp507Sources, and their limitsp6
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Ten Marches
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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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite767881747672646781787877Windsurf757675687264576177687272Wing767881747672646781787877

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, March

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: 6% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, March

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour. The trades are a clock. A dawn session is a different spot.

8am
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10
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12pm
1pm
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3
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6pm
Wind directionTrade windThe trade wind, which blows through most of the year. No source read states its angle to the beach.
Wind strength16 to 18 ktThe mean over rideable daylight hours, September to May, in the record.
When it blowsAll day, buildingAbout half the days are windy at 8am, seven in ten by early afternoon.

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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March's own records

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

Rideable days25 of 31Ten Marches in the record
DirectionESE 111°
Wind, rideable hours17 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air26.1°CMaximum
Waves1.2 m37% of days run big
Hours over 12 kt9.4 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeFebruary78%22 rideable days in 28
Your monthMarch81%25 rideable days in 31
AfterApril74%22 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

Hôtel Château RoyalHotel · On the beach109 suites on the Promenade Roger Laroque at Anse Vata, with a spa, restaurants and bars.
DoubleTree by Hilton Nouméa Ilot Maitre Resort$$$Resort · On Îlot MaîtreResort on Îlot Maître, the islet where the schools teach beginners over a two-kilometre reef flat in standing depth, with grassy rigging areas.

Lessons

Glisse Attitude$$$School · Kite · Wing · EFKCourses on Îlot Maître and Îlot Goéland from its base at Chalet 5, Port Moselle. EFK French kite school label, FFVL-affiliated since 2000. Group discovery lesson 19,080 XPF.
FK 13 Kitesurf$$$School · KiteTrades as FK 13 Kitesurf, also listed as Nouméa Kite School, from Marina Port du Sud in the Baie de l’Orphelinat, taking students by RIB to Îlot Maître and Goéland. Group discovery course 18,000 XPF.
Vakarm Kite SchoolSchool · Kite · WingKite, kite foil and wing lessons on Îlot Maître and Îlot Goéland with BPJEPS-qualified instructors, three or four students each, radio contact, a safety boat and a kitebus.

Kit

Glisse AttitudeRental · Kite · WingEquipment rental at Port Moselle, where the shop trades as Kitesurf Attitude.
Vakarm Nouméa SurfshopShop · Kite · WingVakarm’s shop on the route du Vélodrome selling kites, boards, harnesses, foils and wing kit. The school next door rents kit.

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 tide notes

Anse Vata, Méridien end
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for the beach.

Promenade Roger Laroque
Low—Mid—High—

No tide information found for the beach.

Îlot Maître
Low—Mid—High—

Standing depth over the reef flat and sand bank. Hours per tide state unknown until tide data arrives.

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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Sharks, closures & the crossing

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.

Sharks and closuresOn 22 February 2026 a shark attack off Anse Vata killed a wing foiler. The City of Nouméa banned water activities in the 300-metre coastal band and around Île aux Canards, Îlot Maître, Îlot Uéré and Îlot Sainte-Marie from 23 February to 4 March 2026. Check the city’s notices before every session.
At your own riskAt Anse Vata, swimming and water sports are permitted at the users’ own risk. Shark nets protect swimming zones at Baie des Citrons and Château Royal only.
Crossing to the isletsRiding from Anse Vata to the islets means crossing open water in the bay. Know your route and your way back before you go, or go with a school boat.
The islets’ reef flat

Îlot Maître and Îlot Goéland have a reef flat and a fine sand bank with standing depth almost everywhere, which is why the schools teach there. The islets are reached by boat or by crossing open water in the bay.

Sharks and city closures

On 22 February 2026 a shark attack off Anse Vata killed a wing foiler, and the City of Nouméa banned water activities in the 300-metre coastal band and around the islets from 23 February to 4 March 2026 (arrêté 2026-549). At Anse Vata water sports are permitted at the users’ own risk. Check the city’s notices before every session.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportLa Tontouta (NOU)Nouméa-La Tontouta International, 50 km north of Nouméa.
SeasonSeptember to MayThe months the record shows the most rideable days. September and March are the pick.
Getting aroundCar or walkHotels sit on the promenade. Free parking at the Château Royal beach.
What to pack
BeachCity beach. The promenade, hotels, bars and restaurants right behind the sand.IsletsStanding depth. The reef flat and sand bank at Îlot Maître and Îlot Goéland, where the schools teach.SharksCheck notices. The city closes the water after an attack. Read its notices before you ride.LaunchMéridien end. Kite at the far end of Anse Vata, in front of the Méridien hotel.KitRent or bring. Glisse Attitude rents kit. Windsurf boards are rented on the promenade.
Kite sizes for March

Derived from the 16 to 18 kt mean over the season’s rideable hours in the record, September to May, not from a fitted quiver.

60 to 70 kg8 and 10 m70 to 85 kg9 and 11 m85 kg and up10 and 12 m
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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 4.10 km from the spot, February 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 blowsWrittenTrade wind from the official tourism site; no source read states the angle. Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordERA5 over the same window reads 30 to 50 points lower, so treat the shares as a guide until a station check ships.
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, sharks and closuresWrittenFrom the City of Nouméa’s own pages, including arrêté 2026-549. The crossing risk is from the tourism site’s description, not surveyed.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenAirport distance from CCI New Caledonia Airports. 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 4.1 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 Nouméa, Anse Vata

Kitesurf Attitude’s own website (it refused requests from this region), and so the promenade school’s details. The wind angle to the beach. A head count of riders by month: the crowd tiers are compiled research. 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 water temperature. Licensed photographs.

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

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Chris Hoare, 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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