{"id":775,"date":"2019-10-07T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=775"},"modified":"2019-10-08T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:50:07","slug":"kitefoil-in-sri-lanka-summer-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"Kitefoil in Sri Lanka (summer season)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last two summers saw Cathy and I visiting Sri Lanka. I concentrated mainly on my Kite foilboarding both as a means of transport and just general freeride . If I could foil to my destination and there was still daylight, I’d skip the tuk-tuk or taxi to ride there and back. The coastline here lends itself to exploring with the foil. The winds in Sri Lanka are generally strong in the summer time, blowing mainly from the SW.\u00a0 At 100kg I spent nearly the whole summer on a 6\/7m with a handful of days on a 10m. This summer there were only 2 days where I couldn’t foil… due only to unseasonal rain.<\/p>\n

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Pushing the tack to new heights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sea is quite choppy during the summer season with some foilable although not world class waves. The lagoons are flat and great for learning or training freeride manoeuvres. Just watch out for the varying depths and sometimes shallow water. There is something for all levels of foiling but you will have to decide on the conditions that you like best. The winter season has different strength and direction of winds of which I have\u00a0 no experience. This post only deals with the summer season from May until the end of September.<\/p>\n

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Kappalady Lagoon & Sea (Summer Season)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wind strength 16-22 knots Smooth stable wind.<\/p>\n

The wind in Kappalady is much smoother than Kalpitya or Puttalam Lagoon however the lagoon is much smaller…<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of Kitefoil from Kappalady to give you an idea of the usable area.<\/p>\n